Adaptations

Adaptations that help an animal blend in with its surroundings to avoid being seen is called

• habitat
• mimicry
• camouflage 
• adaptations

An animal’s home is called

• camouflage
• environment
• ecosystem
• habitat

Which of the following adaptations would NOT help a camel in its desert habitat?

• long eyelashes
• wide feet
• black and white fur  
• a  fatty hump

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

     

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

This word means to stay alive.

• trait
• habitat
• adaptation
• survive

What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive
• The food that an animal eats
• How energy moves in a food web
• An animal's home

This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when temperatures are very cold. 

• hibernation
• migration

Animals who sleep during the winter months are: 

• hibernating
• migrating
• blubbering
• kelping

An __________ is all the living and nonliving things around you that interact with each other.

• ecosystem
• habitat
• environment 
• population

When an animal ADAPTS, it...

• eats and sleeps a lot
• changes so it can survive
• dies
• lives underground