Unit 6 Vocabulary Quiz

Definition: The trait (physical or behavioral) that helps an organism survive in its surroundings.

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Definition: The theory, founded by Charles Darwin, whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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When an ecosystem grows for the first time, without topsoil.

When an ecosystem is interrupted (eg. a fire) and the ecosystem grows back, with soil.

Study of interactions of organisms with each other and their environment.

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Definition: Useful biotic and abiotic materials from the Earth that organisms rely on.

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The passing down of traits from parent to offspring.

• Natural Selection

• Heredity

• Adaptation

• Learned Behavior

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Two blue beetles have a blue offspring. The color blue is a ______ that has been passed on from parent to offspring.

• Natural Selection

• Heredity

• Trait

• Learned Behavior

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Biotic

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(b) Abiotic

• Temperature

• Lion

• Rose Plant

• Soil

• Sand

• Sunlight

• Wind

• Butterfly

• Strawberry Plant

• Water

• Bee

• Air

• Tree

• Zebra

• Rock

• Grass

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When two organisms need the same limited resource they ________ for that resource.

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