Physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive in its habitat.
What is an adaptation.
100
The habitat of a lion.
What is the Savanna.
100
When all of the members of a species die out.
What is extinction.
100
A species close to becoming extinct.
What is endangered species.
100
Any change in one part of an ecosystem can upset the balance of populations.
What is True.
200
Addition of harmful substances to the environment.
What is pollution.
200
The zebras eat producers, drink water from the watering hole, and are food for the lions.
What is a zebras niche.
200
They are not native to an ecosystem and can change it considerably.
What is an alien species.
200
This is the main reason rates of extinction are on the rise.
What is habitat loss.
200
In an ecosystem, populations never change.
What is False.
300
A role of an organism in its habitat.
What is a niche.
300
This is any inherited trait that gives an organism and advantage in its environment.
What is an adaptation.
300
These can change the balance of an ecosystem. Examples can be fire, floods, and earthquakes.
What is a nonliving thing.
300
It pollutes the air and contrubutes to acid rain.
What is burning fossil fuels.
300
The loss of rain forest has no effect on plants and animals.
What is false.
400
A species close to becoming endangered.
What is a threatened species.
400
Charles Darwin proposed this theory to explain why some species have characteristics that will help them survive and pass on characteristics to their offspring.
What is natural selection.
400
Living things must adapt, move, or perish.
What is responses to change in environment.
400
This legislation protects endangered and threatened species from harm by human activities.
What is the Endangered Species Act.
400
Each year, people in the U.S. produce millions of tons of solid waste.
What is true.
500
A long-lasting relationship between two different kinds of organisms.
What is symbiosis.
500
This is a type of symbiosis where one organism benefits from living off the body of another organism.
What is parasitism.
500
How Earth and species have changed.
What is what can scientists can learn by studying fossils and rocks.
500
This type of pollution includes paper, plastics, and metals.
What is solid waste.
500
Wetlands help filter harmful chemicals from groundwater.