Animal Adaptations

The ears of this fox are an example of...

• A behavioral adaptation
• Poor breeding
• A structural adaptation
• Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong

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A Porcupine has SHARP QUILLS.  Why?

• to protect itself
• to keep warm
• to kill its prey
• to cover its skin

The raccoon has hands and feet.  Why?

• to fight
• to help them find and pick up food
• to hang from trees
• to dig a tunnel

Animals that have something they DO  to live. This includes things like hibernation, migration etc.

• warning coloration
• camouflage
• behavioral adaptation
• mimicry

Which of the following is NOT a behavioral adaptation?

• Making a nest in the crevices of buildings
• Hunting at night
• Collecting food from trash cans
• Having large eyes that can see well in the dark

Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat
Adaptation: polar bears in the Artic

• Hibernation
• Locomotion
• Camouflage
• Migration

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Which of the following is an adaptation that helps a seal survive in the COLD?

• blubber
• body shape
• skin color
• sharp teeth

An example of a SRUCTURAL adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell
• The spikes on a porcupine fish
• a rabbit burrowing underground
• a viper biting when threatened

_____  helps an animal get food, protect itself, move, or reproduce

• adaptation
• instincts

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An example of a behavioral adaptation is...

• A viper's venom
• An aardvark's long tongue
• The Slow Loris licking its toxic armpit
• An eagle's sharp talons