Structural, Behavioral and Physiological Adaptations

Structural, Behavioral and Physiological Adaptations

by Gemma Calvo

​Behavioral adaptation – a characteristic that controls how an organism responds to its environment

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Staying Safe

A porcupine raises its quills, swings its tail, and pokes its attacker to make it go away.

Staying Alive

A horse has flat teeth that allow it to grind the grass that it eats.

A tiger has sharp teeth that help it tear meat.

Creature Costumes

Some animals can hide without trying. These animals are hidden by their shapes, colors, or patterns.

Such disguises are called camouflage.

A snow leopard’s spots help it blend into the background of snow and rock.

Behavioral Adaptations

Migration is a behavioral adaptation.

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What is migration?

• Moving anywhere at anytime

• Acting like another organism to survive

• Moving to a certain place at a certain time for a good reason

Mimicry is a behavioral adaptation.

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What is mimicry?

• Moving from a certain place at a certain time for a good reason

• When an organism pretends to be another organism in order to survive

• When an organism goes into a state of minimal activity in order to survive conditions in it's ecosystem

Hibernation is a behavioral adaptation.

Opossums show their teeth or play dead to scare off predators.

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Which task cards are examples of behavioral adaptations? Check all that apply.

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Which task card is an examples of an adaptation that is used to find and consume food?

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Which are examples of adaptations for an organism to defend or protect itself? Check all that apply

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Which are examples of mimicry? Check all that apply

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Which cards are examples of behavioral adaptations? Check all that apply

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Which card is an example of an instinct?

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How do adaptations help animals?

• to hide from predators

• to hunt for food

• to survive in their habitats

• All of these are correct

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A black bear hibernates during the winter months.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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A penguin is white on its belly and black on its back so it harder to see underwater from above and below.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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An arctic tern migrates for food and warmth.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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A monkey has a long tail to help it swing from branch to branch.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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A monkey has a long tail to help it swing from branch to branch.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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

• Environment 

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

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What is structural adaptation?

• changes in the way an organism behaves so as to survive in a given environment

• physical changes in an organism in order to survive in a given environment

• invisible changes in an organism in order to survive in a given environment

• changes taught to an organism by external stimuli in order to survive in a given environment

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What is behavioral adaptation?

• changes in the way an organism acts so as to survive in a given environment

• physical changes in an organism in order to survive in a given environment

• changes in an internal system of an organism in order to survive in a given environment

• genetic mutation that occurs for an organism to survive in a given environment

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• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral

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• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral

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• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral

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• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral

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• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral

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• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral

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• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral

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The snake produces venom when biting its prey

• Structural Adaptations

• Behavioral adaptations

• Physiological adaptations

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What type of adaptation affects body chemistry and metabolism?

• Behavioral

• Physiological

• Structural

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An example of a behavioral adaptation is

• The long neck of a giraffe

• Penguins huddling together for warmth

• A camel's hump used to store water

• A polar bear's white fur used for camouflage

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Most desert plants have spines. How does this adaptation help them survive in a harsh environment?

• The spines capture water

• The spines make it colder

• The spines will make it rain

• The spines will protect the plant from animals that want to eat it

Multiple Choice

Bird bones are hollow, this allows them to be ____________ so the birds can fly easier.

• lighter

• heavier

• weigh the same

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The ears of this fox are an example of...

• A behavioral adaptation

• Poor breeding

• A physical adaptation

• Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong

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This occurs when body activity is greatly reduced during cold seasons in order to conserve food stored in the body:

• sleep

• hibernation

• mimicry

• grouping

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Traveling done by an animal to find food and water. 
Adaption: birds flying south for the winter

• Camouflage

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Locomotion

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Which adaptation (for the underlined animal) serves the function of defense?

• A walking stick looks like the twig on which it rests.

• A porcupine’s quills cause a predator to seek another meal.

• A whale filters plankton and krill from the water in which it swims.

• A penguin is dark on top and white below to blend in with the water.

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What type of adaptation affects a physical aspect of organism?

• Behavioral

• Physiological

• Structural

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What type of adaptation affects how an organism acts?

• Behavioral

• Physiological

• Structural

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The chameleon has the ability to change the color of its skin.

• Physiological Adaptations

• Structural Adaptations

• Behavioral Adaptations

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• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral