ANIMAL & PLANT ADAPTATIONS

Animals and plants inherit characteristics from their ____________ .

• friends

• parents

• community

• population

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An_______________ is a physical feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment .

• experience

• environment

• adaptation

• organism

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A plant or animal adapted to one ecosystem may not survive in a different _______________ .

• forest

• population

• desert

• ecosystem

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Animals have many adaptations that help them survive in their _________________ .

• environments

• homes

• community

• surroundings

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Some adaptations that can help animals get food are _________________ .

• long hair

• long or short tail

• sharp teeth, beaks, or claws

• being mammals

_____________ is a behavior that helps an animal survive in low temperatures .

• Pollution

• Conservation

• Hibernation

• Classification

The quills in a porcupine help protect himself from __________________ .

• amphibians

• predators

• chameleons

• plants

The bright color in a poison-dart frog warns predators that is _______________ .

• alive

• real

• camouflaged

• poisonous

The red tailed hawk hunts in forests and fields. It has a sharp, curved __________ that can hold and tear prey it finds .

• feather

• beak

• head

• tongue

Chameleons live in deserts and tropical areas. Their long _________ stretch to catch insects .

• tongues

• legs

• hands

• nails