Predator/Prey
Adaptations
Adaptations
Symbiosis
Succession
100
An organism that lives by hunting other organisms.
What is a predator?
100
Plant species with short, waxy needles are able to conserve water in cold climates. This is an example of a behavioral or structural adaptation?
What is a structural adaptation?
100
A camel stores fat in its humps for energy and water in its blood for hydration. Would this be structural or behavioral adaptations?
What is structural?
100
A shark is not affected when a remora attaches and eats the shark scraps. This is which type of symbiosis?
What is commensalism?
100
First species in an area
What are pioneer species?
200
An animal hunted for food.
What is Prey?
200
An adaptation that allows the animal to blend in with its environment to avoid being detected.
What is camouflage?
200
Geese fly south for the winter. This demonstrates a structural or behavioral adaptation?
What is behavioral?
200
An oxpecker bird eats ticks off of a deer. The deer has parasites removed. This is which type of symbiosis?
What is mutualism?
200
Succession that occurs without soil
What is primary succession?
300
The struggle for survival or fighting over resources.
What is competition?
300
The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to a natural object. (milk snakes look like poisonous coral snakes)
What is mimicry?
300
Tigers have sharp incisor teeth for shredding meat. This is a type of structural or behavioral adaptation?
What is structural?
300
One organism benefits while the other does not.
What is parasitism?
300
Succession that occurs with soil
What is secondary succession?
400
As the prey increases in the ecosystem, what happens to the population of predators?
What is increases?
400
The gopher tortoise burrow is home to many species of snakes, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. If the tortoise was removed, the whole ecosystem would collapse. The gopher tortoise is a type of _______________ species.
What is keystone species?
400
Giraffes are born already knowing how to stand and walk. Is this an innate or learned behavior?
What is innate?
400
Both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
400
A tornado would cause this type of succession
What is secondary succession?
500
Results in adaptations when a trait is favored or "selected" and then passed onto future generations.
What is natural selection?
500
Penguins huddling and having babies stand on the feet of the males to keep warm is an example of a structural or behavioral adaptation?
What is behavioral adaptation?
500
A toddler practicing the spanish language is an innate behavior or a learned behavior?
What is a learned behavior?
500
One organism benefits and the other does not, but it is not harmed either.
What is commensalism?
500
Mosses, lichens and fungi are example of
What are pioneer species?