Adaptation
A physical feature or behavior that helps an organism get food, protect itself, move, or reproduce.
Adaptation
A series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.
ecological succession
A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it.
Parasitism
A living part of an organism's habitat
Biotic factor
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
Species
Identify 3 beneficial adaptations of a frog.
wide eyes, webbing between their toes, protective camouflage
Name the two types of succession.
Primary and secondary
An organism that a parasite lives in or on.
Host
A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
A relationship between 2 species in which one species benefits and the other one is neither helped nor harmed.
commensalism
An organism resembling another organism in order to provide protection. It acts as a "copycat."
Mimicry
Give an example of primary succession.
Volcanic eruption forming new land.
A parasite that lives on the inside of its host.
endoparasites
The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
ecosystem
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction
host
Give an example of a structural adaptation.
Spines on a hedgehog
Answers will vary
Give one example of secondary succession.
regrowth after a flood, forest fire, hurricane, or tornado.
A parasite that lives on the outside of its host.
ectoparasite
The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
ecology
A relationship where both species benefit
mutualism
The behavioral pattern that an organism is born with.
Instinctive behaviors
What type of succession starts with no soil being present?
Primary
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
mutualism
Any living thing
organism
the role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes its living
niche
A behavior that must be taught or learned through experience.
Learned behavior
What type of succession starts with soil being present?
Secondary
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped or harmed.
commensalism
The process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food.
Photosynthesis
The first species to populate an area
pioneer species
Give one example of an instinctive behavior and one example of a learned behavior.
Answers will vary
Instinctive- hibernation-bear, migration-birds
Learned- dog playing fetch
An advancing glacier that leads to new land is an example of what?
Primary Succession
Give an example for each type of symbiotic relationship.
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A behavior or physical characteristics that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
Adaptation
The close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
Symbiosis