Vocabulary 1
All the nonliving things surrounding an organism are called:
a. adaptations
b. an ecosystem
c. the environment
c. the environment
Competition occurs when living things use different resources.
False
Rain
Nonliving
Some animals ____ from one ecosystem to another to find food and water.
a. adapt
b. migrate
c. hibernate
b. migrate
A Christian's role in their environment is to be a good ________ by taking care of what God has given them.
Steward
Plants need _____ to make food.
a. light
b. to stay warm
c. protection
a. light
Some living things work together in partnerships.
True
Sunflowers
Living
During the coldest months of the year, some animals ______.
a. compete
b. camouflage
c. hibernate
c. hibernate
An adaptation may be a physical characteristic, a skill, or a ___________.
Behavior
all living things are called _____.
a. prey
b. organisms
c. partnerships
b. organisms
Some animals migrate as the seasons change.
True
Weeds
Living
The living and nonliving things in an area are called ______.
a. the environment
b. a pod
c. an ecosystem
b. an ecosystem
All living things have basic needs such as food, water, and _________.
Protection
A change in a characteristic of a living thing that allows it to survive in its environment is called ____.
a. an adaptation
b. an ecosystem
c. migration
a. an adaptation
Animals that blend in with their environment are protected by mimicry.
False
Pebbles
Nonliving
anything that makes the air, water, or land dirty is called ____.
a. migration
b. pollution
c. adaptation
b. pollution
Some living things are protected by looking like other living things. This is called _______.
Mimicry
Anything that can meet a need of a living thing is _____.
a. competition
b. a resource
c. an adaptation
b. a resource
Living in groups makes it easier for animals to find food, to be better protected, and to care for their young.
True
Apple Tree
Living
The changes that living things make in their ecosystems can be _____.
a. adaptations
b. skills or behaviors
c. helpful and harmful
c. helpful and harmful
Animals that are food for other animals are called ______.
Prey