Lying Mt Lion
Rats and mice have a _____ range of tolerance.
broad
Small carnivore animal that can live in cities and urban areas.
Coyote
Study of the ways organisms interact with each other and with their non-living surroundings
Ecology
When an animal is gone from the earth, no longer existing is known as ________
extinction
The highest or ultimate source of energy is the ____.
Sun
Abiotic factors are _______ things that influence an organism.
Non-living
The space that the organisms lives or its address is its ______.
Habitat
A grizzly bear has a ____ range of tolerance.
Narrow
Average weather patterns over a number of years is known as its _____.
Climate
Wind is caused by differences in _______.
Temperature
Cell phones, houses, cars, and school buildings are ______ factors for us.
Abiotic
The role that an animal has in its surroundings or the animal's profession is called its ________.
Niche
Things like your Mom, students at school, and your dog are _____ factors.
Biotic
_____ are pieces of DNA that determine the characteristics of an animal.
Genes
What two dangerous animals seen around Colorado homes?
Bears, Mountain lions
All the organisms of the same kind found in a certain area is a ____________.
Population
A ____ is a population of organisms the is capable of reproducing on its own.
species
What do he dodo bird, passenger pigeon, and Tasmanian devil have in common?
All extinct since 1776
According to the 5 steps of Natural Selection, excess species result in a ___ of resources.
shortage
The degree to which it can withstand environmental variation is it range of __________.
Tolerance
Natural ____ is determining what animals will win over others so they can pass on their genes.
selection
____ is the concept that two or more species of organisms can influence each other like grass influencing antelope.
Coevolution
The four factors that influence climate are: 1) wind patterns, 2) closeness to water, 3) amount of solar radiation, and 4) _______.
Proximity to the equator
The shortage or absence of a specific factor which restricts the success of an organism is known as a _____ factor.
LImiting
_______ is the production of a new species from a previously existing species.
speciation