Natural Selection and Biodiversity

A ________ hunts and eats _________.

• prey; animals

• prey; predator

• prey; prey

• predator; prey

Organisms struggling amongst one another to meet their needs

• Thriving

• Surviving

• Competition

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Found in nature and used by living things

• Resource

• Natural Resource

• Useless

• Fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

All living things in an ecosystem

• Animals

• Biodiversity

• Resources

• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Animals use physical traits to select a mate so their offspring will have a better chance of survival.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which adaptation is an advantage?

• Giraffes having short necks to reach plants

• A rabbit having sharp teeth to eat meat

• Desert animals having a thick layer of fur

• Seals having a thick layer of blubber

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Species with no threat to their survival

• Thriving

• Threatened

• Endangered

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When there is a possible threat to a species and they could become endangered

• Thriving

• Threatened

• Endangered

• Extinct

When a species could very possibly become extinct

• Thriving

• Threatened

• Endangered

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When there are no more left of a certain species

• Thriving

• Threatened

• Endanged

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1