Adaptation

Adaptations

Multiple Choice

How do adaptations help animals?

• to hide from predators

• to hunt for food

• to survive in their habitats

• All of these are correct

Match

Match the following

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Development

• Diversity

• Species

Process where traits and organisms that are best adapted to the environment survive and reproduce.

A variation in a plant or animal that increases it chance of survival in its environment.

The process by which animals and plants grow and develop.

The variation of life forms present in different ecosystems.

Organisms that can reproduce, have similar characteristics, and have a common gene pool.

• Process where traits and organisms that are best adapted to the environment survive and reproduce.

• A variation in a plant or animal that increases it chance of survival in its environment.

• The process by which animals and plants grow and develop.

• The variation of life forms present in different ecosystems.

• Organisms that can reproduce, have similar characteristics, and have a common gene pool.

Multiple Choice

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

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Trait

• Survivability factor

Multiple Choice

The slight differences in stripe patterns in a zebra population is known as 

• Adaptation

• Variation

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 Choice

The different types of bird beaks in different species of birds is known as

• Adaptation

• Variation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?

• A snake unhinges its jaw to eat a rabbit it just caught.

• A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to pretend to be dead.

• A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.

• A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

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

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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A squid will squirt black ink at predators when frightened.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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A lion has pointed teeth to help it tear meat off of the bone.

• 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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Parrots have special feet, with two toes on the front and back to help them cling to branches.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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When threatened, some animals make warning sounds to help other animals escape a predator.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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A cat has a long tail to help it balance.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of animal adaptation?

• Changes to an animal's diet.

• Characteristics that help animals survive.

• Characteristics of an animal's habitat.

• Skills learned in order to hunt.

Multiple Choice

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

• Environment 

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Habitat

Multiple Choice

Animals who travel to warmer habitats in the winter to escape the cold are using which behavioral adaptation?

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Migration

Multiple Choice

True or false: All animals have adaptations that help them survive in their habitat.

• True

• False

• Partially true: Not all animals have adaptations

• Partially true: adaptations are not for surviving

Multiple Choice

When animals go into a deep sleep during the winter, they are using which behavioral adaptation?

• Hibernation

• Mimicry

• Migration

• Camouflage

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blanks: A _________ adaptation is the way an animal acts in order to help them survive.

• Physical

• Behavioral

• Simple

• Memory

Multiple Choice

The black bear’s primary diet is fruit, nuts, honey, and berries. However, they also like to eat fish and small mammals. Their long, sharp claws make it possible to climb trees in order to reach some of their food sources. Black bears also have an extremely good sense of smell. Their long nose allows them to smell up to 20 miles away. This is 100 times better than humans can smell. The black bear’s tongue is sticky allowing them to easily eat ants, berries, and nuts. Black bears also have extremely strong legs, allowing them to move rocks and other obstacles out of their way to get to their food. SELECT ONE EXAMPLE OF THE PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONS LISTED ABOVE.

• Eating nuts

• Sticky tongue

• Eating fish and small mammals

• Moving rocks

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: A ______________ adaptation is the way an animal looks in order to help them survive.

• simple

• behavioral

• physical

• extreme

Multiple Choice

Some animals are able to copy other animals in order to look more dangerous to get away from predators. What is this called?

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

• Mimicry

• Migration

Multiple Choice

I am a grey goose who loves to fly. Every fall when it starts to get cold, I fly south for the warmth. Once my home warms up, I know it is safe to go back home. What adaptation is this?

• hibernation

• mimicry

• camouflage

• migration

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It is an example of an learned adaptation.

• finding shelter

• breathing

• web spinning

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It is an example of an innate adaptation

• hibernating

• building a nest

• hunting

Multiple Choice

A dolphin is taught to perform tricks for a crowd in exchange for fish. What type of behavior is this?

• Innate

• Learned

Multiple Choice

Why Do animals Adapt?

• To make their life better

• To Survive in their envorment.

• To make people happy

• ALL of the above