science #3

Question 1

Specialist:

Answer 1

organisms that require specific needs (food, habitat, climate)

Question 2

Generalist:

Answer 2

organisms that can survive in many types of environments

Question 3

Symbiotic relationships:

Answer 3

Commensalism: one organism benefits one doesn’t care

Parasitism: one organism benefits one is harmed

Mutualism: both benefit

Question 4

Structural adaptations:

Answer 4

physical features that help them survive

Question 5

Behavioral adaptations:

Answer 5

something they do or their actions that help them survive

Question 6

Continuous Variation:

Answer 6

largely varies among populations (ex.weight and height)

Question 7

Discrete variations:

Answer 7

one or the other (ex.brown or blue eyes)

Question 8

Variation among a species:

Answer 8

genetic differences in a certain breed (more specific) (ex. colors of golden retrievers)

Question 9

Variation within a species:

Answer 9

genetic differences in the whole species (ex. different dog breeds)

Question 10

Biodiversity:

Answer 10

variation of ALL the organisms in an ecosystem (tree, bugs, mammals)

Question 11

Variations:

Answer 11

different types of a species (types of trees, oak tree, maple tree, pine tree)