Physical and Behavioral Adaptations

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.

• How animals evolve throughout time.

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An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

• Environment

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Habitat

What is the scientific term for an animal that is eaten by another animal?

• predator

• dinner

• prey

• stupid

A giraffe's long neck - used to reach leaves high in trees - is an example of a

• instinct

• learned behavior

• behavioral adaptation

• physical adaptation

Lions, bears, and owls all hunt other animals for their food. They are examples of

• predators

• prey

This is a state of inactivity that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______

• hibernation

• migration

What do animals do when they migrate?

• They sleep all winter

• They live in a pond

• They move from one place to another

• They study birds

Penguins huddle together to stay warm - is this a behavioral adaptation or a physical adaptation?

• Behavioral adaptation
• Physical adaptation

Possums play dead to trick their predators - is this a behavioral adaptation or a physical adaptation?

• Behavioral adaptation
• Physical adaptation

What physical adaptation does a red eared slider have?

• Talons

• Sharp claws

• Sharp teeth