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Predators and Prey
Symbiosis
Adaptations
Living things in the Environment
Ecosystems
100

When a hawk kills a shrew (rodent), the shrew is the 

prey

100

A relationship in which two species live closely together and both benefit is 

mutualism 

100

An example of an adaptation that helps prey species avoid being caught is 

mimicry

100

Which of the following lives in a forest ecosystem: 

dolphin

mushroom 

seagull

salt water 


mushroom

100
An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.  

a habitat

200

The role of an organism in its habitat is its

niche

200

A relationship in which two spies live closely together and one species is harmed is called  

parasitism 

200

An example of an adaptation that helps a prey species hide within its environment is 

camouflage 

200

Which of the following is a biotic factor

temperature 

sunlight

bacteria 

water

bacteria 

200

A __________ is a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

species 
300

When a snake kills a mouse, the snake is the 

predator

300

A relationship in which two species live closely together and one species benefits but the other is not harmed 

commensalism 

300

A crow and a sparrow try to eat from the same ear of corn in a field. This is an example of  

competition 

300

Put the levels of an ecosystem in order from smallest to largest

organism, population, community, ecosystem

300

What is an example of a species in the Tower Garden? 

Teacher will correct this one

400

When a tick bites a dear, the dear is the 

host

400

Give an example of parasitism in the Tower Garden.

When a parasitic wasp lays eggs on a tomato hornworm caterpillar, the wasp's eggs are the

400

True or False: An increase in a predator population will likely result in a decrease in the prey population 

true

400

a monarch butterfly is a _________ factor in a garden ecosystem 

biotic 
400

A ___________  refers to all of the members of one species living in a particular area. 

population 

500
A porcupine protects itself from predators with quills. This is an example of 

protective covering

500

Give an example of mutualism in Tower's garden or forest

Fungi share nutrients with plants, and plants share carbohydrates with fungi. 

500

Individuals with characteristics that are best suited to their environment tend to survive and pass on these characteristics to their offspring through a process of  

natural selection 

500

A living thing that needs certain things to live, grow, and reproduce. 

an organism 

500

All of the different populations that live together in an environment are called a 

community