5.3 Adaptations Lesson

Adaptations - Science

Multiple Choice

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

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Trait

• Survivability factor

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

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

Multiple Choice

What is a hibitat?

• A habit that an animal has

• An environment that an animal lives

• a behavior of an animal

Multiple Choice

Select the animal that is uses mimicry to survive

Multiple Choice

Select that animal that is using camouflage

Extinction

is when a species dies out

How does extinction happen?

Extinction occurs when an environment changes and the adaptions a species possesses are no longer adequate for its survival.

What else leads to extinction?

• Over-hunting of the plant or animal

• Human impact on environments

• Catastrophes and natural disasters

• Etc..

Extinction

The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth