Animal Adaptations

Choose 2 examples of animal adaptations

• stick bug that looks like a long stick

• giraffes long neck to reach high fruit

• A duck with webbed feet to help him swim

• a hover fly that has the same markings as a wasp or bee

What are examples of camouflage

• A lion blending into the tall grasses in Africa

• an owl that disappears into the colors of the tree

• A hover fly that looks just like a wasp or bee

• A and B are correct

What is an example of hibernation

• a colorful fish blending into the colorful coral underwater

• a bear who sleeps through the winter months

• a moth that looks and acts like a hummingbird

• A chameleon that blends into his environment

What is an example of animal migration

• Ducks flying south for the winter

• A bear sleeping through the winter months

• An elephant that uses its trunk to eat

• A camel's hump that stores fat

What is the correct definition and example for mimicry.

• When an animal has a certain trait that helps them survive like webbed feet on ducks

• When an animal can blend into their environment to hide from predators like the stick bug or a green grasshopper in the grass

• When an animal looks like another animal to protect itself from predators, like the coral snake and the king snake

• When an animal flies south for the winter to avoid the cold weather like ducks flying south for the winter

What is the correct definition and example for camouflage.

• When an animal can blend into its environment to avoid being eaten like the bright coral fish who blend into the brightly colored coral.

• When an animal sleeps through the winter to survive the brutal winters.

• When an animal has a certain trait or characteristic that helps it survive like the Fennec fox and its large ears and thin skin that help it survive in the desert

• When an animal flies south for the winter like ducks who fly south in the winter

What is the correct definition and example for hibernation

• Flying south for the winter like ducks or birds who fly south for the winter

• A characteristic or trait that helps the animal survive in its environment like the thick fur and white coat of an arctic fox in the snow

• An animal that sleeps to conserve energy in the winter to help him survive like the bears in the winter.

• An animal that blends into its environment to help it survive against its predators.

What is the definition and example for adaptation

• When an animal can sleep through the winter months to help it survive like the bears do in the winter.

• When an animal can change its coloring or is the color of its surrounding and helps it escape its predators like the stick bug or stick bug that looks like sticks.

• When animals change location to help them survive winter months like the birds who fly south for the winter.

• A characteristic or trait that helps an animal survive in its environment like the camel and its hump that stores fat and its wide hooves that help it walk on sand.

Fish follow sea turtles because......

• They want eat the same thing the fish eats so they follow them around.

• They eat the algae off the turtles back so the turtles have a clean back and the fish have food to eat.

• They are not able to hunt for fish on their own.

• Fish and sea turtles eat the same thing so they stay together.

What is an example of an interaction of two animals

• Fish & sea turtles - the algae on the turtles back is food for the turtles and the turtle gets a clean back

• Ticks and mammals like dogs - the tick feeds off the animal it is on, this is hurtful to the mammal

• Both A and B

• Snakes and lizards living in the same environment