unit 3 chapter 2 Science

1. What does the term variation mean?

• science

• a change or difference in something

• the same

• similar in something

Explain how other animals have traits that give them a survival advantage above other animals.

• a cheetah can run very fast to catch its prey when others can not run as fast

• a turtle that can eat grass

• a fish with fins

• a bear that can hibernate

what does the term survive mean?

• to drink water

• to be a predator

• to stay alive

• to prey on

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the term adaptive mean?

• to blend in with a tree

• to climb trees

• to die

• making it easier for an organism to meet its needs

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

what does the term environment mean?

• all the living and nonliving things in an area

• a sod house

• science experiment

• community

Non-adaptive

• able to eat grass

• making it harder for an organism to meet its needs

• being able to survive and able to meet all of its needs

• not able to swim in a lake

Why are some organisms in a population more likely to survive than others in their environment?

• they can have different traits. Those traits can make it easier or harder to meet all its needs in order to survive in the environment

• all living things survive in an environment

• organisms all have the same traits and they all can meet the same needs

• not all organisms need food, water, shelter, and air to surive.

which plant would not be able to protect itself from predators?

• rose with thorns

• a daisy

• a cactus

• a thorn bush