Plant and Animal Adaptations

Which class of animals has the following list of characteristics?
·  Cold Blooded
·  Lays Eggs
· Bodies are covered with dry scales

• Reptiles
• Fish
• Amphibians
• Mammals

What kind of animal usually has a live birth?

• Insects
• mammals
• birds
• amphibians

Babies of reptiles are different from babies of mammals because the reptiles ___________.

• are fed milk from its mother
• breathe with gills
• develop in eggs
• develop inside its mother

Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?

• flowers with bright colors
• sharp thorns
• small seeds
• deep roots

Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

• looking like a dangerous animal
• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
• having sharp claws or a strong shel
• having only a few young and caring for them

Two characteristics of a mammal are __________________. 

• cold-blooded and live birth
• feathers or scales covering their bodies and warm-blooded
• fur or hair covering their bodies and cold-blooded
• warm-blooded and make milk for their young

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat.  This is an example of _____. 

• an adaptation
• environment
• response
• stimulus

Which adaptation (for the underlined animal) serves the function of defense?

• A walking stick looks like the twig on which it rests.
• A porcupine’s quills cause a predator to seek another meal.
• A whale filters plankton and krill from the water in which it swims.
• A penguin is dark on top and white below to blend in with the water.

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

• A butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.
• A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play 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.

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Two characteristics of amphibians are _______________________.

• cold-blooded and hatch from eggs
• warm-blooded and hatch from eggs
• live birth and moist skin
• moist skin and warm-blooded