Adaptations

Special Adaptations

Organism blends into the environment for protection.

Animal is hidden from predators.

Animal is hidden from prey.

Camouflage

​Camouflage in which organism is the same color as surroundings.

Many animals turn white during the winter in order to blend into the snow.

Protective Coloration

​Camouflage in which the top side of an animal is a different color than bottom.

For example,

When seen from above, most fish are dark on top and blend in with the bottom of the lake. Their bottoms are silver, so when seen from below they blend into the water's top and sky.

Counter Shading

​When one animal looks like another animal.

For example,

The sweet-tasting Viceroy butterfly looks like the bitter-tasting Monarch butterfly in order to trick predators into not eating it.

Mimicry

​Animals that stand out in their surroundings, have brightly-colored body coverings.

For example,

poisonous frogs are very brightly-colored.

​​Warning Coloration

Multiple Choice

Animals that are the same color as their environment have camouflage.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Countershading is an adaptation in which the top and bottom sides of an animal are two different colors.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What is camouflage?

• ability to blend into the environment

• ability to stand out in an environment

Match

Mimicry

Choose the names of the insects that use mimicry, and their dangerous counterparts.

Viceroy and Monarch butterfly

Bombadier and Gryllacris Beetle

Bumblebee and Robber Fly

Honeybee and Bee Fly

Hornet and Hornet Moth

• Viceroy and Monarch butterfly

• Bombadier and Gryllacris Beetle

• Bumblebee and Robber Fly

• Honeybee and Bee Fly

• Hornet and Hornet Moth

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A New Guinea weevil has six legs but it looks like a ​

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spider

wasp

beetle

car

babydoll

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A ​

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insect blends in with leaves and twigs.

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stick

lichen

aphid

stinger

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A wasp uses its ​

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to defend itself.

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stinger

owl

leg

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The wings of some moths blend in with the ​

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on trees.

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moss

milk

goat

pink

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Some hoverflies look like wasps, which scares ​

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predators

prey

Match

Match the following

• Python

• Armadillo

• Hognose Snake

• Treehopper

• Honeybee

I wrap my body around my enemy.

I have bony plates covering my body.

I turn over on my back and stay still.

I look like a thorn on a rosebush.

My stings causes pain and swelling

• I wrap my body around my enemy.

• I have bony plates covering my body.

• I turn over on my back and stay still.

• I look like a thorn on a rosebush.

• My stings causes pain and swelling

Match

Match the following

• Lobster

• Antelope

• Arctic Fox

• Bombadier Beetle

• Porcupine Fish

I crush enemies with my strong claws.

My long legs help me run fast.

I turn snowy white in winter

I squirt a hot, irritating gas

I puff up my spine-covered body

• I crush enemies with my strong claws.

• My long legs help me run fast.

• I turn snowy white in winter

• I squirt a hot, irritating gas

• I puff up my spine-covered body

Match

Match the following

• Opossum
• Sparrow
• Hawkmoth

I close my eyes and go limp

I fly into thick bushes to hide.

Looks like a bee but cannot sting

• I close my eyes and go limp

• I fly into thick bushes to hide.

• Looks like a bee but cannot sting

Multiple Choice

The top side of the animal is a different color than the bottom.

• protective coloration

• counter shading

Multiple Choice

An animal that has the same coloring as its surroundings has

• counter shading

• a long tail

• protective coloration

Multiple Choice

Animals that stand out in their environment have

• camouflage

• counter shading

• a specific habitat

• warning coloration

Multiple Choice

Camouflage is an adaptation that helps an animal

• get food

• protect itself

• Reproduce

Match

Match the following

• walking stick

• Arctic fox

• Coral and King snake

• Most fish

protective resemblance

protective coloration

mimicry

counter shading

• protective resemblance

• protective coloration

• mimicry

• counter shading

Match

Look at each animal picture and write its name in the

• Robin

• skunk

• porpoise

• turtle

• fox

wings for flying

smelly spray, sharp teeth and claws

good sense of hearing, swims fast

hard body covering

good sense of smell and hearing, sharp teeth, runs fast

• wings for flying

• smelly spray, sharp teeth and claws

• good sense of hearing, swims fast

• hard body covering

• good sense of smell and hearing, sharp teeth, runs fast