Plant and Animal Adaptations

An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

• Environment 
• Mimicry
• Camouflage

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Which adaptation of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?

• flowers with bright colors
• sharp thorns
• small seeds
• deep roots

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Which foot is best suited for a wet environment?

• Clawed foot with talon 
• Human-like foot
• Webbed foot
• Small clawed foot without a talon 

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Camouflage is used to attract predators.  

• True
• False

This animal is using

• hibernation
• camouflage
• mimicry

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The colors & patterns on a turtles shell help it blend in with the forest floor.  This is:

• hibernation.
• behavior.
• migration.
• camouflage.

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A cactus can live in the desert because of this adaptation

• has wide flat leaves to catch water
• has shallow roots
• thick, stems to help it store water
• waxy leaves

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A trait that helps a living thing survive.

• instinct
• mimicry
• camouflage
• adaptation

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Which adaptation might help protect a plant from being eaten?

• A flower that looks like a bee
• A thorny stem
• A waxy coating
• Substance that attracts insects 

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How might small leaves help a tree survive in a windy environment?  Small leaves---

• don't tear easily in the wind
• attract lots of birds to live in the tree
• can take in lots of sunlight