Plant and Animal Adaptations

Multiple Choice

The ways in which species change overtime in response to their changing environment is known as ______________.

• migration

• adaptation

• hibernation

Multiple Choice

When animals travel seasonally to help them find a climate best suited for their survival it's called _____?

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Mimicry

• Behavioral adaptation

Multiple Select

What are two examples of physical adaptations?

• Sharp claws

• Migration

• Scales

• mimicry

Multiple Choice

Desert cacti have thick waxy skin to _________.

• prevent water loss

• keep animals away

• blend in with their environment

Multiple Choice

How do plants adapt to wind and freezing temperatures in the cold tundras of Alaska and Russia?

• The plants grow tall to compete for sunlight.

• The plants lose their leaves and fall to the ground.

• The plants stay small, close to the ground, and have small leaves.

Multiple Choice

Ture or False.

An organism can develop a new set of adaptations which creates an entirely new species.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In North American forests, trees conserve energy and _________

• lose water during winter.

• prevent water loss during the winter.

• the plants lose their leaves and fall to the ground.

Multiple Choice

An animal is using the adaptation __________________, when it is disguising itself using either colors and patterns, mimesis (imitation of objects), or mimicry (imitation of other animals).

• walking

• camouflaging

• running

Multiple Choice

What causes an organism to adapt?

• Organisms decide on their own to adapt.

• Changes in their natural habitat causes them to adapt overtime.

Multiple Select

How do animals disguise themselves? Check all that apply.

• Colors and Patterns

• They don't disguise themselves.

• Mimesis (Imitation of Objects)

• Mimicry (Imitation of Other Animals)

Examples of Mimicry

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Multiple Choice

_________is when a plant or animal mimics or looks like another animal or object for defense or to gain an advantage.

• Copying

• Twinning

• Mimicry

Multiple Choice

Which one is the BEST definition of the word adaptation?

• a behavior that helps a living thing survive
• anything that an animal has as a body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive in its environment

• a feature that helps a plant survive

Multiple Choice

Part of the body of a living thing that changes to help it survive in its environment.

• sources
• key words
• behavioral adaptations
• physical adaptations

Multiple Choice

Things an organism does in order to survive in it's environment.

• behavioral adaptations
• logical
• physical adaptations
• relevant

Multiple Choice

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

• Environment 
• Mimicry
• Camouflage

Multiple Choice

 Which of these BEST describes how some birds survive when the weather gets cold? 

     

•  a.   They store twigs and sticks in their nest 
•  b. They migrate to a warmer climate 
•  c. They grow more feathers to stay warm in the winter 
•  d. They hide in bushes and wait for warm weather 

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

Cactus have a thick waxy coating on their stem that keeps them from drying out- is this a behavioral adaptation or physical adaptation?

• Behavioral adaptation
• Physical adaptation 

Multiple Choice

Which adaptation might help protect a plant from being eaten?

• A flower that looks like a bee
• A thorny stem
• A waxy coating
• Substance that attracts insects 

Multiple Choice

How might small leaves help a tree survive in a windy environment?  Small leaves---

• don't tear easily in the wind
• attract lots of birds to live in the tree
• can take in lots of sunlight

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to survive?

• to grow
• to have energy
• to be born
• to stay alive

Multiple Select

What are some physical adaptations? Choose two

• Webbed feet

• Sharp claws

• Migration

• Mimicry

Multiple Choice

A nice smell is an adaptation that__________.

• helps the plant keep water inside the leaves
• pokes animals that try to eat the plant
• attracts pollinators to the plant.

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

Multiple Choice

This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals in the winter months when outside temperatures are colder : ______

• hibernation
• migration