Word Wise
Adapt or Die
Symbiotic Situations
Who Wins?
Wild Card
100

A relationship where two different species live together and interact

What is symbiosis?

100

An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism. 

What is a predator?

100

Bees pollinate flowers while getting nectar.

What is mutualism?

100

In a cold ecosystem, who would likely survive better: a polar bear or a jaguar? Why?

Polar bear—adapted to cold.

100

Commensalism harms only one species.

False

200

The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

What is competition?

200

An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator.

What is prey?

200

A tapeworm lives inside a dog and steals its nutrients.

What is parasitism?

200

Two birds eat the same insect species. What happens if insects become scarce?

They compete—may lead to one leaving or dying.)

200

What do you call the animal that gets eaten in a predator-prey relationshio?

The prey

300

Characteristics that allow an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.

What are adaptations? 

300

How does camouflage help an animal survive?

It helps it hide from predators or sneak up on prey.

300

Barnacles attach to whales and get free rides. The whale is unaffected.

What is commensalism?

300

A predator evolves sharper claws. What impact does this have on its competition?

It may outcompete others for food.

300

An animal loses its camouflage due to a mutation. What might happen?

More likely to be eaten and less likely to catch food. 

400

A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.

What is a population?


400

A camel’s ability to store fat in its hump helps it survive where?

In the desert, where water is scarce.

400

An oxpecker bird eats ticks off a zebra's back.

What is mutualism?

400

How does night vision give an owl an advantage over a hawk?

It can hunt at night when the hawk can’t.

400

The oxpecker bird eats ticks off a buffalo. 

What is commensalism?
500

The different populations that live together in a defined area.

What is a community?


500

Poison frog’s color warns predators

An example of an animal adaptation that helps avoid being eaten. 

500

A mistletoe plant attaches to a tree and draws water from it.

What is parasitism?

500

Why might a brightly colored poison frog survive better than a dull-colored one?

Its color warns predators—it avoids being eaten.

500

Predators adapt speed and agility to catch their prey. 

How can predators adapt to catch prey?