Key Terms
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism is called what?
Habitat
Individuals of the same species have different what?
Traits
An animal taken by a predator as food is called?
Prey
Which trait is important in rabbits when food is involved?
Traits involved with the teeth.
What type of habitat would a rabbit with white thick fur thrive the best in?
The snowy tundra
A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment is called?
adaptation
Individuals with traits that help them survive, ___________ more successfully.
Reproduce
An organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms is called?
Predator
If gray barked trees were the home to certain moths. What trait would be very important for survival?
The trait for color.
What color frog would have the best chance of survival in a muddy ditch?
Frogs that are brown to blend in with the muddy water.
The series of changes in the life of an organism is called what?
Life Cycle
Individuals with helpful variation may become a separate _________ as their numbers grow.
Species
An animal that feeds on plants is called?
Herbivore
The horses found on Assateague Island have a strict diet of salty sea grass. For these animals to survive on the mainland what would have to happen?
The horses would have to develop the ability/traits to eat a variety of foods since salty sea grass won't be found anywhere but on the island and the coastline.
Plants that live in hot arid environments may need to have what type of adaptation to survive?
A way to store water or roots that grow deep to collect water.
What does it mean to be an apex predator?
To be the top of the food chain with no natural predators.
Organisms compete with one another for ___________.
Survival
An animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter is called?
Omnivore
What is the benefit of having a diverse genetic pool in a population?
Higher chance of survival
What would happen to a native population of animals when an invasive apex predator is introduced?
Native population would decrease or die out.
What does the process of evolution go over?
During the history of the earth different kinds of living organisms are thought to developed and diversified from earlier forms.
How does a species go extinct?
When a species isn’t fit for an environment either because the environment has changed or because outside competition for survival increased.
What is a specialist species?
A specialist species can thrive only in a narrow range of environmental conditions or has a limited diet.🐼🦍🦇
Survival of the fittest means?
The finches of the Galapagos' Islands evolved what through the process of natural selection for what?
Different beaks for different food sources.