Science SOL Review 5th Grade

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What is an adaptation?

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A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.

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This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______

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hibernation

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How do adaptations help animals?

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To hide from predators, to hunt for food, to survive in their habitats.

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An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

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Camouflage

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A fungus is found growing on dead leaves on the forest floor. The fungus is an example of a -

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decomposer

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Anything that is living

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organism

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Name a place that a plant or animal lives in its environment where its needs are met.

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habitat

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An organism that no longer exists; They couldn’t adapt to environmental changes

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extinct

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The way energy is passed from one organism to another

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food chain

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Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer? Options: mushroom, leaves, mold, worm

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leaves