Living Things & Symbiosis
All the living things in an area that interact with one another.
Community
All of the living and nonliving things that surround an organism make up its ____.
Environment
A scientist studying a group of rabbits that live in one meadow would call that group a ____.
Population
Behaviors animals are born knowing how to do (not learned) are called ____.
Instincts
A close relationship between two species where both benefit is called this
Mutualism
The specific place where an organism lives (like under a log or in a pond) is its ____.
Habitat
A swarm of bees in an area is best described as a ____ (population, community, or ecosystem).
Population
A body feature that helps an organism survive in its habitat (like thorns or hooves) is called an ____.
Adaptation
When one organism benefits and the other is harmed, this is the relationship called.
Parasitism
Give one nonliving thing (abiotic factor) in a habitat that affects which organisms can live there.
Water, temperature, sunlight, soil, rocks, etc.
All of the living and nonliving parts of an area interacting together is called this.
Ecosystem
Give an example of a behavioral adaptation and an example of a physical adaptation.
Ex.) Behavioral: migration; Physical: thick fur or thorns
Name one example (short phrase) of two different species interacting in nature that is NOT competition.
Answers vary
Explain why a cactus is better suited to a desert than to a wetland
They can store water
Name three things organisms commonly compete for.
Food, water, shelter, space
Which of these is an instinct that helps survival: bears hibernating in the winter, or a dog learning to beg?
Bears hibernating in the winter.
Describe in one sentence how a community and an ecosystem are different.
A community includes all the living species that interact in an area; an ecosystem includes those living species plus the nonliving parts of the environment like water, soil, and air.
When a backyard has only a few different species of plants and animals, scientists say it has low ____.
Diversity/Biodiversity
Give one short example of how a change in a nonliving part of the environment (like a drought) could affect a population.
A drought reduces water and plants, so plant-eating animals may have less food and their population could decrease.
Explain how adaptations and instincts together help a species survive in its habitat
Adaptations (physical traits) help organisms survive in their environment (for example, water-storing stems in deserts), while instincts (inborn behaviors) guide actions that increase survival (such as escaping predators). Together they increase an organism’s chances of finding food, avoiding danger, and reproducing