adaptation for survival

Question 1

Adapation

Answer 1

Special feature that makes an organism particularly well suited to the environment where it lives.

Question 2

Carnivore

Answer 2

Animal that eats other animals.

Question 3

Competition

Answer 3

The process by which living organisms compete with each other for limited resources such as food, light or reproductive partners.

Question 4

Denature

Answer 4

Change the shape of an enzyme so that it can no longer speed up a reaction.

Question 5

Extremophile

Answer 5

Organism which lives in environment that are very extreme, for example, very high or very low temperatures, high salt levels or high pressures.

Question 6

Herbivore

Answer 6

Animal that feeds on plants.

Question 7

Indicator species

Answer 7

Lichens or insects that are particularly sensitive to pollution and so can be used to indicate change in the environment pollution levels.

Question 8

Ovipositor

Answer 8

A pointed tube found in many female insects which is used to lay eggs.

Question 9

Stomata

Answer 9

Openings in the leaves of plants (particularly the underside) which allow gases to enter and leave the leaf. They are opened and closed by the guard cell.

Question 10

Territory

Answer 10

An area where an animals lives and feeds, which they mark out of defend against other animals.