Variations & Adaptations (TEKS 12B)

Adaptations

Multiple Choice

A feature that allows an organism to survive its environment is called what?

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Trait

• Survivability factor

Physical/Anatomical adaptations

• Armament - claws, thorns, teeth

• camouflage

• mimicry

• Body Shape

• body parts (ex: webbed feet)

Physiological adaptations

• Strategies used to obtain energy - autotrophs (produces own food) & heterotrophs (consumes other organisms for energy)

• Production of venom

• Production of adrenaline

• Antibiotic resistance

Behavioral Adaptations

• allow an animal to respond to life's needs

• actions

• instinctive: happen naturally

• learned: these behaviors are taught

• examples: hibernating, migrating, finding shelter, mating, vocalization, searching for food, feeding methods.

Multiple Select

Click all the boxes that are adaptations.

• Bear hibernating

• Gills in fish

• Water in a pond

• The wings of a bird

• The temperature of the earth

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples are of behavioral adaptations?

• Migration

• Claws

• Teeth

• Eyes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are examples of structural adaptations?

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Eyes

• Mating calls

Multiple Choice

Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?

• flowers with bright colors

• sharp thorns

• small seeds

• deep roots

Multiple Choice

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

• A behavioral adaptation

• Poor breeding

• A physical adaptation

• Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong

Multiple Choice

Which Adaptation helped the frog blend in with the surroundings?

• Mimicry

• Scent

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

Multiple Choice

Why Do animals Adapt?

• To make their life better

• To Survive in their envorment.

• To make people happy

• ALL of the above