Biomes, Competition, and Adaptation

Individual members of a population interact with each other. These interactions include _______________ with each other to meet basic needs.

Some of the basic needs that individual organisms compete for are (select all that apply)

• Money

• Resources

• Mates

• Territory

• Fun

Animals exhibit needs for food, water, gasses, ________, and space for which they compete.

• Nutrients

• Shelter

• Sunlight

Too ________ of any of the essential needs that animals compete for may be just as harmful as too ____________.

• Harsh/Nice

• Much/Little

• Many Kinds/Few Options

The establishment of territory ensures that members of a population have an adequate ______________ to provide for basic resources.

• Shelter

• Family

• Habitat

• Safe Space

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Organisms or populations that rely on each other for basic needs form interdependent_________________.

• Families

• Communities

• Friendships

• Governments

___________ resources are shared through the interactions of producers, consumers, and decomposers

In a community, populations interact with other populations by exhibiting a variety of behaviors that aid in the ____________ of the population.

• Survival

• Failure

• Success

Populations of one species may compete with populations of another species for resources. Populations of one species may also _______________ with populations of other species for resources.

• Compete

• Cooperate

• Fight

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The interaction between a consumer that hunts for another consumer for food is the ______________ relationship.

• First-Order Consumer to a Second-Order Consumer

• Prey-Predator

• Predator-Prey

• Carnivorous