Living in Groups and Adaptations

Why would a group of bats want to stay together?

• Bats like to stay with their family.

• Bats are afraid of the dark.

• Bats listen to hear when other bats find food. Then join the group.

• Bats fly faster in groups.

Fish swim in groups for which of the following reasons?

• Swimming in groups help fish to avoid predators.

• Swimming in groups makes a cool design.

• The fish can get more food.

All of the following are advantages to animals living in a groups EXCEPT which one?

• Living in groups provides the animals with protection.

• Living in groups allows animals to hunt together to find food.

• Living in groups provide animals friends and mates.

• Living in groups let animals match color.

What is one disadvantage to animals living in a group?

• The animals can spread a sickness very quickly.

• The animals can find friends in their like groups.

• The animals live together forever.

• The animals will be a large group that protect each other.

In the scene of a banded mongoose that we acted out in class, why would they stay in a group when a wild dog was coming?

• To let the dog know they are ready to fight.

• The mongooses were protecting their young from the predator.

• The group allowed all the mongooses to look alike.

What is the definition of an adaptation?

• When a plant stays the same.

• When a plant or animal changes so that it can survive in its habitat.

• When a animal wants to get food.

What are examples of adaptations?

• Fitting in, hunting, sleeping

• Eating, sleeping, hunting

• Migration, hibernation, camouflage and mimicry

If you change an animals habitat, how the animal acts and looks can change.

• True

• False

Lizards change the color of their skin is an example of an adaptation.

• False

• True

There are two categories of adaptations. What are they?

• Color and physical

• Finding food

• Behavioral and physical