Symbiotic Relationships
Lamarck or Darwin
Ecology Vocabulary
Adaptations Vocab
7 Functions of Life
100

Bees flying from flower to flower to gather nectar while pollinating the plants 

Mutualism

100

Organisms have changed over time

Both Lamarck and Darwin
100

What is an organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms?

A Consumer 

100

An adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment 

Camouflage 

100

A tadpole changing into a frog

Growth and Development

200

Snake eating a mouse 

Predator and Prey 
200

Organisms are still changing 

Both Lamarck and Darwin 

200

What is a non-living part of a ecosystem that shapes its environment?

Abiotic Factor 

200
The selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits

Selective Breeding 

200

Something that has only some of the characteristics of life is.. 

a nonliving thing 

300
Nile crocodile opens its mouth to permit the Egyptian plover to feed on any leeches attached to its gums
Mutualism 
300

Organisms changed because they wanted to survive 

Lamarck 

300

A large community of vegetation and wildlife adapted to a specific climate 

Biome 

300

 An inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment

Adaptation 

300
The smallest unit of life is...

A cell 

400

Seeds of the burdock plant attach to the fur of animals so that it can be dispersed to a new location 

Commensalism 

400

Parents are only able to pass on traits they were born with 

Darwin

400

a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the other

commensalism 

400

An adaptation in which one species looks like another species

Mimicry

400

A plant growing towards the light, an opossum playing dead and a living thing changing   

        or turning a certain color to blend in with its environment are all examples of which function 

        of life? 

Sensitivity 

500

Small fish of several families, including a wrasse, feed on small organisms and parasites on the bodies of larger fish. The cleaner fish is fed and the larger fish are relieved of parasites. 

Mutualism

500

Certain traits help organisms survive and reproduce better than other organisms without those traits

Darwin

500

any process that living things use to actively maintain fairly stable conditions necessary for survival 

Homeostasis

500

 The process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations. 

Natural Selection

500

Light and temperature are two examples of... 

External stimuli