Adaptation Flashcards
What is competition between animals?
Animals and plants compete for limited resources. The best adapted animals and plants survive
What might animals compete for?
Mates, Territory, Prey, Leadership, Water, Shelter
What might plants compete for?
Sunlight, Space, Water, Resources, Soil, Attraction of insects, Prey
What is adaptation?
When animals and plants change to suit their environment.
What are the two types of adaptation?
Physical Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
What is physical adaptation?
Changing a feature of a living organism that helps it to survive in its surroundings
What is behavioral adaptation?
A thing that an organism does to survive in its environment
What is a habitat?
The place where an organism lives
What is the population?
The amount of one orgamism
What is the community in a habitat?
All the living organisms in a habitat
What is a predator?
A organism that eats other orgamisms
What is prey?
A organism that gets eaten by other organisms
