Vocabulary: Why do some sea creatures look so strange?

Which term means a trait or behavior that helps a living thing survive in its surroundings?

• Species group that shares similarities

• Predator that hunts other animals

• Adaptation helping survival in environment

• Camouflage used to hide from danger

A fish that blends in with rocks so predators can’t spot it is using what?

• Evidence to prove an idea

• Adaptation that makes new species

• Camouflage to blend with surroundings

• Prey behavior to escape hunters

What is a predator?

• The outside part of a living thing

• An animal that is hunted and eaten

• An animal that hunts and eats others

• A trait you can observe on fish

Which word describes an animal that is hunted by another animal?

• Prey

• Species

• Evidence

• Predator

Which term means one specific kind of living thing that can produce offspring with its own kind?

• System

• Species

• Structure

• Behavior

Match each vocabulary word to its correct meaning.

• Animal that hunts and eats other animals

• Predator

• Helps a living thing survive in its environment

• Prey

• Blending in with the place around you

• Camouflage

• Animal that is hunted and eaten by another

• Adaptation

Which statement best describes behavior?

• Inside parts of living things

• Information used to support an idea

• What something does or its job

• Actions and reactions of living things

Internal refers to which location?

• A group working together

• The shape of something

• The inside of something

• The outside of something

External refers to which location?

• The inside of something

• The outside of something

• A group of connected parts

• Evidence used for ideas

Which choice defines environment?

• Form and shape of something

• Something you can observe

• A group of parts that affect each other

• Living and nonliving things in a place