Animal adaptations

1. What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
• The food that an animal eats.
• How energy moves in a food web.

Many animals have ------ which allows them to blend in with the environment to hide from predators.

• behavior

• defense

• escape

• camouflage

A skunk defense is it will ------- a predator.

• spray

• smile

• escape

• behavior

A baby turtle crawling towards the ocean right after it's born is called?

• mimicry

• camouflage

• instinct behavior

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A chameleon lies next to a large blue flower so predators can NOT find it. This is an example of

• camouflage

• mimicry

• migration

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What is an example of learned behavior?

• A turtle with a hard shell to protect them from predators.

• A tiger with stripes to help them blend into the jugle.

• A mother Cheetah teaching her cubs to hunt for food.

• A bird with a sharp beak to help them hunt for food.

Smelts are fish that lay their eggs in the sand of a beach. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. This is an example of...

• inherited behavior
• camouflage
• hibernation
• learned behavior

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Which of the following is a learned behavior

• a snake slithering on the ground
• bees pollinating flowers
• a duck swimming in a pond
• a dog fetching a newspaper

Behavior an animal is born with

• migration
• instinct
• physical adaptation
• camouflage

Which of the following is an example of a learned behavior in a living thing?

• humans beginning to speak between 1 - 2 years  old
• a sunflower turning to face the sun to help it grow
• bees protecting the hive and  the queen bee
• moths attracted to light