Adaptations and Survival Review

A tiger’s fur is orange-brown with stripes. Its fur helps it hide in a field of brown grass. When another animal comes near, the tiger can jump out of hiding and attack it. A toad’s body is brown. It blends in with brown sand. A toad can hide from predators while it looks for insects to eat. What is one way that a tiger and a toad are similar?

• Their skin is adapted for hunting at night

• Their skin keeps them cool in the sun.

• They are both good swimmers.

• Their color helps them hide to get food.

Organisms' physical adaptations to their environment is called __________________________.

• behavioral adaptation

• physical makeup

• structural adaptation

• reproduction

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Over time all animals (and plants) develop adaptations that help them ____________________.

• develop new adaptations

• thrive and survive

• change the way they interact with their environment

• change their behaviors

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Opossums have a _____________________ to an attack referred to as "playing possum."

• reproductive adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

• physical adaptation

A sea turtle's shell helps to protect him from ______________________.

• attacks

• the effects of disease

• salt water and attacks

• salt water and starvation

Living things have two kinds of adaptations: __________________. Choose the best answer.

• behavioral and physical

• physical makeup and structural

• behavioral and structural

• thrive and survive

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Characteristics to help an organism survive and reproduce are called ____________________________.

• features

• flexibility

• adaptations

• structures

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Some adaptations are behavioral. They are changes in the way an organism interacts with is ______________________.

• structures

• survival

• environment

• adaptations

Animals that live in the frigid regions of the North or South Pole must adapt to

special conditions. Some information about environmental conditions in polar regions is provided. Which of these could be a helpful adaptation for an organism that lives in the North Pole?

• Ability to fly or run fast.

• Strong legs to jump high.

• Thick fur and layers of fat.

• Hard shell around the body.

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A scientist was studying four species of frogs that live in the same area. She counted the number of frogs of each species before and after a drought, which is a period of time when the amount of rainfall is much less than normal.

Which species of frog was better adapted to survive during the drought?

• Species 1

• Species 2

• Species 3

• Species 4

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