adaptations

Structures or behaviors that help an
organism survive in its surroundings

• adaptations
• inherited traits
• learned behaviors
• structural behaviors

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Something that an organism does or the
way that an organism behaves or reacts

• traits
• structures
• behavior
• functions

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The “job” that a body part does in an
organism

• function
• trait
• logical
• structure

Occurring in the night

• logical
• structural
• function
• nocturnal

Things that an organism knows or senses
without having to be taught

• structural behaviors
• structural adaptations
• instincts
• non-instinctive behaviors

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Which one is NOT one of the basic needs of animals?

• Food
• Water
• Shelter
• Migration

Which best describes how a porcupine defends itself from predators?

• it changes color
• it has sharp quills
• it moves very rapidly
• it makes a loud noise

This is a place where an animal is protected from other animals and weather.

• Oxygen
• environment
• adaptation
• shelter

What does it mean to hibernate?

• to change your physical characteristics
• to go in to a deep sleep during the winter
• to travel to a warmer location
• to blend in with the environment

An inactive state during which normal body activities slow. 

• instinct
• camouflage
• migration
• hibernation