Environmental Science

Characteristic that allows a species to live successfully in its environment

• natural selection

• adaptation

• niche

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the way a species make its living

• natural selection

• adaptation

• niche

process in which a species becomes better suited to its environment

• natural selection

• adaptation

• niche

TRUE or FALSE: Every organism has a variety of adaptations that enable it to live in any kind of environment.

• True

• False

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the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource

• adaptation

• competition

• predation

• symbiosis

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TRUE or FALSE: Specializing can reduce competition.

• True

• False

Why can't two species occupy the same niche?

• they will compete directly against each other and one species will eventually die off

• they will mate with each other and produce an offspring that can't survive

• one species will have to move out

What do you call an organism that kills another for food?

• herbivore

• predator

• prey

The green coloring of a frog helps the frog hide from its enemies. This is an example of:

• natural selection

• adaptation

• niche

A close relationship between 2 or more species is called:

• predation

• compettition

• symbiosis