Adaptations and Extinction

When NO members of a species are left, this is an example of____________________________.   

• a.      Endangered 
• b.      Extinction 
• c.      Protected  
• d.      Threatened 

When would a bear MOST LIKELY hibernate?

•  a. In the fall  
• b.   In the summer 
• c.    During rainy weather 
• d.   When food is scarce in the winter 

Some animals move to new regions of the country or world during parts of the year.  This is called ___________________.  

• a.      Camouflage  
• b.      Migration  
• c.      Extinction  
• d.      Hibernation 

A frog with which adaptation would MOST LIKELY be poisonous?  
        

•  a.      Camouflage  
•   b.      Mimicry 
•   c.      strong legs 
• d.      Warning Coloration 

Camouflage may help an animal hide from___________________________.  
   

•   a.      Predators ONLY 
•   b.      Prey  ONLY 
•   c.      Predators AND prey 
•   d.      Small animals only 

The place where an organism lives is called its__________________________. 
    

• a.      Population  
• b.      Adaptation 
•  c.      Habitat 
•    d.      Shell 

To help them hide, some animals use_________________________________.  

• a.      Migration  
•  b.      Hibernation 
•  c.      Extinction  
• d.      Camouflage 

The coral snake is poisonous, but the scarlet king snake is not.  The scarlet king snake looks similar to the coral snake.  This is an example of _______________________.
           

•  a.   Camouflage
•  b.      Hibernation
•   c.      Migration 
• d.      Mimicry 

In a desert ecosystem, most animals are active only at night.  The animals are adapted to which nonliving part of this ecosystem? 

           

• a.      Water 
• b.      Soil  
•  c.      Temperature 
•  d.      Air   

 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