Ecosystems 1

Question 1

What are things that are nonliving?

Answer 1

abiotic

Question 2

What is the ability of an organisms to survive and reproduce in its environment because of certain special characteristics?

Answer 2

adaptation

Question 3

What is the reaction of an animal to internal or external changes?

Answer 3

behavior

Question 4

What are things that are living?

Answer 4

biotic

Question 5

What is an adaptation that gives animals protection from enemies by blending in with their environment?

Answer 5

camouflage

Question 6

What is using characteristics to describe how things are alike or different?

Answer 6

classification

Question 7

What is a system of living things and the environment in which they exist?

Answer 7

ecosystem

Question 8

What is a species that is close to extinction?

Answer 8

endangered

Question 9

What is a location on Earth that is classified by its daily and yearly temperatures, yearly precipitation, and plant and animal life?

Answer 9

environment

Question 10

What is an organisms’s surroundings, consisting of living and nonliving things?

Answer 10

habitat

Question 11

What is a behavior that animals are born knowing; behavior that is not taught?

Answer 11

instinct

Question 12

What are the particular conditions and resources in an ecosystem that allow a species to live there?

Answer 12

niche

Question 13

What are a group of organisms sharing a set of characteristics and a specific group name?

Answer 13

species

Question 14

What are a group of organisms or a population of different species living together?

Answer 14

community

Question 15

What is a group of one species living together?

Answer 15

population