WorksheetsCompetition and Adaptations
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does the term "competition" mean?
A community and its physical environment
The contest among organisms for limited resources of an ecosystem.
A diagram showing the amount of energy available to pass from one level in the food chain to the other
A long-term relationship between different kinds of organisms
True or False: All organisms compete in some way for resources.
True
False
What is an adaptation?
a group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
a community of organisms where there are several food chains that work together in the ecosystem
the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
an inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival and the ability to reproduce
True or False: If an organism successfully competes for resources, it is not more likely to survive and reproduce.
True
False
What is an example of a resource animals compete for?
food
camouflage
sunlight
biomes
True of False: In some communities, animals live together and share resources.
True
False
True or False: One oak tree is solely one animal's habitat (no other animals can occupy that tree during that animal's life cycle).
True
False
True or False: All living organisms compete with each other in order to survive.
True
False
What does symbiosis mean?
organisms living separately, no relationship between 2 species
organisms living together, close relationship between 2 species
organisms living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species
When one organism kills and eats another
Which of the following IS NOT a survival instinct for birds?
building nests
migrating
eating insects
learning to talk
Which is NOT an example of an animal instinct?
butterflies migrate to Mexico
Emperor penguins travel to their birthplace to lay eggs
A chimpanzee learns to peel fruit by watching its parents
Loggerhead turtle babies make their way to the ocean
Animals that use the color of their surroundings to blend in their environment.
Instinct
Chemical Defenses
Camouflage
Body Structures
What is it called when animals change in their environment in order to survive wild life.
Reaction
Migrate
Regeneration
Adaptation
Instinct
Learned Behavior
This bear is Hibernating
Instinct
Learned Behavior
