Apex Predators
This big cat is the only one that regularly hunts in social groups called prides.
What is a lion?
This term describes animals being active during twilight hours.
What is crepuscular?
This adaptation allows chameleons to blend into their surroundings.
What is camouflage?
These animals are known for their ability to regenerate lost arms.
What are sea stars? (starfish)
This marine mammal group, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, is known for using echolocation to navigate and hunt.
What is extinction?
This Arctic predator relies heavily on sea ice to hunt seals.
What is the polar bear?
This behavior involves seasonal movement of animals between habitats, often for breeding or feeding.
What is migration?
This mechanism of evolution occurs when individuals with traits better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully.
What is natural selection?
This largest animal ever known feeds primarily on krill.
What is the blue whale?
This species plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecosystem.
What is a keystone species?
This bird of prey has the strongest recorded grip strength relative to body size among raptors.
What is a harpy eagle?
This type of learning occurs when an animal forms an attachment during a critical early-life period.
What is imprinting?
This structure, like wings in bats and birds, evolves independently but serves similar functions.
What are analogous structures?
This symbiotic relationship between coral and algae is essential for reef survival.
What is mutualism?
This international agreement aims to protect endangered species from over-exploitation through trade.
What is CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)?
This African predator has the highest hunting success rate among large carnivores, often exceeding 80%.
What is an African wild dog?
In this cooperative hunting strategy, dolphins herd fish into tight balls near the surface.
What is bubble-net feeding?
This process leads to different species evolving similar traits due to similar environmental pressures.
What is convergent evolution?
These organisms form the base of most marine food webs and are responsible for producing a large portion of Earth’s oxygen through photosynthesis.
What is phytoplankton?
This biodiversity hotspot, located in South America, is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This marine apex predator uses echolocation and coordinated hunting strategies to take down prey as large as whales.
What is an orca/killer whale?
This theory explains how seemingly altruistic behavior can evolve if it benefits genetic relatives.
What is kin selection?
This evolutionary mechanism involves changes in allele frequencies due to random sampling, especially in small populations.
What is genetic drift?
This marine mammal group, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, is known for using echolocation to navigate and hunt.
What are cetaceans?
This concept describes the maximum population size an environment can sustainably support.
What is carrying capacity?