Vocabulary
Symbiosis/
adaptation
Extinction
Human Change
Ecosystems
100
What is the area where a organism lives, grows and develops?
What is habitat?
100
A sea turtle having flippers is an example of what kind of adaptation?
What is physical adaptation?
100
Occurs when all memebers of a species dies out?
What is Extinction?
100
Why should we be concerned about the loss of rain forrests?
What are plant and animal extiction, treatment of diseases, and oxygen into the air?
100
All the organisms of a given species that live together in the same area are called?
What is population
200
What an organism does in its particular habitat.
What is a niche?
200
A bat sleeping through the winter is an example of what kind of adaptation?
What is behavioral adaptation?
200
When a species is close to becoming extinct.
What is endangered species?
200
What is the main reason rates of extinction are on the rise?
What is loss of habitat?
200
In a healthy ecosystem, the population densities of _________ and ________ are balanced.
What are predators and prey?
300
What is the characteristics that help a organism survive in its environment?
What is an adaptation?
300
One organism, called the parasite, benefits from living off the body of another organism called the host.
What is paracitism?
300
When a species is close to becoming endangered.
What is treatened species?
300
Why are wetlands important?
What are they filter harmful chemicals from the ground and prevent flooding?
300
Plants, animals, or other organisms that are not native to a given ecosystem.
What is alien species?
400
What is a close long lasting relationship between two different organisms?
What is symbiosis?
400
One organism benefits from another organism and the organism is not affected.
What is commensalism
400
The consequence of living things neither adapting to or relocating in their environment.
What is perishing?
400
What happens to the air as a result of burning fossil fuels?
What is pollution?
400
Nonliving things, such as volcanoes, can change the ________ of an ecosystem.
What is balance?
500
Animal that hunts and eats other animals.
What is predator?
500
Both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
500
Scientists conclude that something happened to kill all the dinosaurs at once, and event that is called.
What is mass extinction?
500
What is a way other than air pollution that fossil fuels can threaten the environment?
What is accidental oil spills?
500
________ show how species have changed over time.
What is fossils?
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