Predator & Prey
What is a predator?
A organism that hunts
Who is the father of Evolution?
The prefix A- in front of sexual means...
Not
What is Symbiosis?
Relationship between 2 species where at least 1 benefits.
Biotic or Abiotic which one is not alive?
Abiotic
What do prey's adaptations help them do?
Detect and avoid predators
Nature deciding who lives or dies is known as...
Natural selection
Binary Fission
Parasitism
Temperature: Biotic or Abiotic
A biotic
How do predator's and prey's eyes differ?
Predator = eyes forward
Prey = eyes on the side
A disease comes along and kills off 80% of the populations of squirrels. Which finger of evolution is this?
Small population
This type of asexual preproduction is when a new organisms grows off of the parent.
Budding
Type: A zebra has bugs on it. A bird eats the bugs off the zebra.
Mutualism
Dead Log: Biotic or Abiotic
Biotic
How do prey control the population of predators?
More prey = more predators
Less prey = less predators
The only random aspect of evolution is...
Mutation
If you cut an organism in 5 parts, you get 5 new organisms.
Fragmentation
Type: A remora gets a meal from the shark. The shark doesn't care and is not helped or harmed.
Commensalism
Give an example of how an abiotic factor can limit the biotic factors.
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Predators & prey control their populations, water can control a population, weather, amount of land, many things can control a population. All these are known as what?
How are adaptations connected to Natural Selection
Bad adaptation = dead/move away
A plant sends out a runner and a new plant grows from that part.
Vegetative Reproduction
A cuckoo bird lays its eggs in another birds nest. The other birds babies die.
Parasitism
Give an example of how a biotic factor can impact the abiotic factors
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