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Competition and Adaptations

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term "competition" mean?

a)

A community and its physical environment

b)

The contest among organisms for limited resources of an ecosystem.

c)

A diagram showing the amount of energy available to pass from one level in the food chain to the other

d)

A long-term relationship between different kinds of organisms

2.

True or False: All organisms compete in some way for resources.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is an adaptation?

a)

a group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

b)

a community of organisms where there are several food chains that work together in the ecosystem

c)

the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

d)

an inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival and the ability to reproduce

4.

True or False: If an organism successfully competes for resources, it is not more likely to survive and reproduce.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is an example of a resource animals compete for?

a)

food

b)

camouflage

c)

sunlight

d)

biomes

6.

True of False: In some communities, animals live together and share resources.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

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).

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: All living organisms compete with each other in order to survive.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What does symbiosis mean?

a)

organisms living separately, no relationship between 2 species

b)

organisms living together, close relationship between 2 species

c)

organisms living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species

d)

When one organism kills and eats another

10.
Which of these describes a mutually beneficial relationship between two organisms?
a)
A dog with worms in its intestine
b)
A turtle and a snail that both eat grass live in a river
c)
A honeybee pollinating a plant and receiving nectar for food
d)
A small fish attached to a shark, eating tiny pieces of the shark's food as it floats
11.
Occurs when 2 or more organism use the same resource
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
12.
Relationship where both organism benefit
a)
Competition
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Parasitism
13.
Which of the following is an instinct?
a)
riding a bike
b)
building a nest
c)
sitting on command
d)
reading
14.
Which is an example of a learned behavior?
a)
blinking
b)
riding a bike
c)
swallowing
d)
crying
15.

Which of the following IS NOT a survival instinct for birds?

a)

building nests

b)

migrating

c)

eating insects

d)

learning to talk

16.

Which is NOT an example of an animal instinct?

a)

butterflies migrate to Mexico

b)

Emperor penguins travel to their birthplace to lay eggs

c)

A chimpanzee learns to peel fruit by watching its parents

d)

Loggerhead turtle babies make their way to the ocean

17.

Animals that use the color of their surroundings to blend in their environment.

a)

Instinct

b)

Chemical Defenses

c)

Camouflage

d)

Body Structures

18.

What is it called when animals change in their environment in order to survive wild life.

a)

Reaction

b)

Migrate

c)

Regeneration

d)

Adaptation

19.
a)

Instinct

b)

Learned Behavior

20.

This bear is Hibernating

a)

Instinct

b)

Learned Behavior