Coral reef
Utility pole
Lake Irene
Oak forest
Ocean
Vacant lot
People at a football game
Birds in a forest
Bacteria in your stomach
Organisms in a pond
HABITATS
A habitat contains biotic & abiotic
factors.
A habitat has specific characteristics
that an organism needs in order to live
there.
Most organisms can survive if they are
taken away from their habitat.
An organism’s habitat is the place
where it lives.
bacteria
A dead fish
soil
temperature
octopus
sunlight
Mr. Feeny
Soil
Temperature
A dead fish octopus
rock
bacteria
rock
sunlight
Mr. Feeny
Definition
Example
Members of the same
species living in the
same place at the
same time
A whitetail deer
Group of various
species living in the
same place &
interacting
The whitetail deer,
ticks, trees & coyotes
in a forest
All the organisms in
an area and their
physical environment
An individual living
thing
The deer, trees,
sunlight, and
nutrients in the soil
All the whitetail deer
in the forest
Organisms are more likely to survive
because they:
•Have certain physical ____________________
•________________ certain physical traits
•Engage in certain ________________________
Must happen for
evolution to occur
An inherited trait that increases an
organism’s chance of survival &
reproduction in a certain environment
German shepherds are a breed of
dog that exist because of…
Two species changing genetically in
response to long-term interactions
with each other is…
If an insect can no longer be killed
by a particular insecticide, it has
developed…
Multicellular
Prokaryotic: no nucleus
Cells have cell walls
Some cause disease, add flavor to food, yeast
Can live in harsh environments, recycle nutrients,
cause disease, help digestion
Ingest food, pollinate crops, provide food
Provide most of the food we eat, autotrophs,
building materials
Can cause disease (malaria), algae which are a
major food source in oceans
Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protists
Bacteria
Unicellular