Adaptations
the ability to survive and reproduce
What is fitness?
In a food pyramid this percent of energy is passed from one energy level to another.
What is 10%?
hunts and kills other animals for food
What is a predator?
primary consumer, eats plants
What is an herbivore?
The type of mussel we have been studying.
What are zebra mussels?
any structure of function that helps an organism increase its fitness, the ability to survive and reproduce, in its environment
What is an adaptation?
These can change forms but they cannot be created or destroyed.
What is energy and matter?
lives in or on other organisms, causing harm.
What is a parasite?
secondary consumer; eats plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Zebra mussels can cause this sickness.
What is botulism?
Part of the physical features, ex: fins, scales, fur, sharp teeth, spiky skin
What is a structural adaptation?
This represents a transfer of energy.
An arrow.
A relationship where both organisms are helped
What is mutualism?
secondary/tertiary consumer; eats animals
What is a carnivore?
Zebra mussels cost the US this amount of money each year.
What is billions of dollars?
Instinctive or learned behavior, ex: roaring, building a website, aggressive fighting, swimming
What is a behavioral adaptation?
a bunch of overlapping and interconnected food chains
What is food web?
A relationship where one organisms is helped and the other is neither helped nor hurt.
What is commensalism?
A species that has a huge impact on the ecosystem
What is a keystone species?
Scientific naming is also called this. It was invented by this person.
What is binomial nomenclature and Carolus Linnaeus?
an adaptation that allows organisms to do special things within the body, ex: glowing light, skunks sprayings
What is physiological adaptation?
shows the path of energy from organism to organism
What is food chain?
A relationship where one organisms is helped and one is hurt?
What is parasitism?
A species not native to the area that takes over
What is an invasive or introduced species?
The 8 levels of classification.
What is: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?