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17 Cards in this Set
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How do Adaptations help organisms survive? |
Every Organism has variety of adaptations that are suited to its specific living conditions and help it survive |
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Natural selection |
A characteristic that makes an individual better suited to a specific environment may eventually become common in that species through a process |
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Adaptations |
the behaviours and physical characteristics that allow organism to live successfully in their environments |
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Niche |
The role of an organism in its habitat |
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What are competition and predation |
2 major types of interactions among organisms |
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Competition |
if 2 species occupy that same niche, one of the species might eventually die off |
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Predation |
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients |
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Predator |
The organism that kills |
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Prey |
The organism that gets killed |
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Predator Adaptations |
Adaptations that help them catch and kill prey |
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Prey Adaptations |
- False colouring - Warning Colouring - Protective Covering - Camouflage - Mimicry |
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What Are the 3 types of Symbiosis |
- Mutualims - Commensalism - Parasitism |
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Mutualims |
-In some relationships 2 species may depend on one another -A relationship in which both species benefit |
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Commensalism |
A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is unharmed nor helped |
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Parasitism |
A relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism and harming it |
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Parasite |
The organism that benefits |
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Host |
The organism it lives on or in |
