5th Gr. SSA Adaptations

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

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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.

How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

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Traveling done by an animal to find food and water. 
Adaption: birds flying south for the winter

• Camouflage
• Migration
• Hibernation
• Locomotion

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What adaptation does a musk ox have that allows it to survive in a cold climate. 

• claws
• horns
• round eyes
• fur

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Some plants have small leaves that help them do which of these?

• grow tall
• save water
• make seeds
  make seeds
• fall off in winter

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A nice smell is an adaptation that __________________.

• helps the plant keep water inside the leaves.
• pokes animals that try to eat the plant.
• attracts pollinators to the plant.

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What does it mean to reproduce?

• to eat things
• to make things pretty
• to produce energy
• to produce new living things

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Cactus has spines instead of leaves. The spines reduces water loss through the stomata.

• Structural
• Behavioural

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A trait that helps a living thing survive.

• instinct
• mimicry
• camouflage
• adaptation

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