Ecosystems Quiz #3

Overpopulation

• Where there are enough resources for all animals

• When a population of organisms is greater that the resources available in an area.

• When there are too many resources in an area.

• The number or organisms in a population.

Offspring

• The parents of a young animal

• An organism that is born in the spring time

• An organism that is dying

• New organisms that come from a parent organism

Metamorphosis

• A life cycle where an animals physical trait and behaviors change completely from birth until adult

• When an animal lives a long life

• An animal that is born in an egg and then lives in the water

• A producer that helps a plant make its own food.

Learned Behavior

• A behavior an animal is born knowing

• A behavior that an animal has to be taught by others

• A characteristic that an animal is born with

Instinct

• A behavior an animal is born knowing

• A behavior that an animal has to be taught by others

• A characteristic that an animal is born with

Inherited Trait

• A behavior an animal is born knowing

• A behavior that an animal has to be taught by others

• A characteristic that an animal is born with

Habitat

• The place in the environment where an organism lives

• All the living and nonliving things

• A water ecosystem

• The type of shelter the organism lives in

Generation

• The offspring of a parent

• all the living things born and living around the same time

• How many years an organism has been alive

Scavenger

• An animal that consumes living organisms

• An animal that consumes dead and decaying organisms

• A plant that produces its own energy

Interact

• When parts of an ecosystem have an effect on each other.

• When an organism consumes others

• When an organism preys upon others