Variation within species

What is meant by adaptation?

• An animal can swim in warm water and cold water.

• It is any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment.

• It is a habitat that animals can change.

• They develop over long periods of time.

Plants must adapt to their environment, too. Plants that live in dry climates usually have

• big, round stems

• wide leaves to absorb sunlight

• small leaves coated in thick wax

• short, small leaves

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The action of an organism changing to better suit its new or old environment.

• Natural Selection

• Physical Trait

• Camouflage

• Adaptation

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What adaptation is represented by the image?

• Camouflage

• Beak Design

• Hibernation

• Seed Dispersal

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The armadillo's hard outer shell is an example of which adaptation?

• digging
• getting food
• protection
• shelter

Which foot has adaptations for surviving in a water environment?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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In the Arctic there is often snow on the ground. Many Arctic animals are able to change their coloration. Which adaptation best helps an Arctic hare survive in its environment?

• thick, white fur
• ability to run fast
• ability to burrow
• a short, fluffy tail

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When the Virginia opossum feels threatened it will exhibit behaviors like running or growling. Sometimes it will roll over, become stiff, drool, and change its breathing to a slow and shallow pace. Possums can maintain this behavior for up to four hours. Some predators will think the opossum is dead and go away. The adaptation the opossum is using is an example of ___.

• an environmental adaptation
• a behavioral adaptation
• a physiological adaptation
• a structural adaptation

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D