HMH 11.1 Adaptation Vocabulary Open Note Quiz

An adaptation that helps a living thing hide in its environment is called:

• adaptation

• life cycle

• migration

• camouflage

The place where an animal lives is its _______________.

• hibernation

• habitat

• migration

• nocturnal

An animal that is active at night is described as being ______________.

• instinct

• adaptation

• nocturnal

• insomniac

All of the stages a living thing goes through as it develops are called its _____________________.

• life cycle

• adaptation

• migration

• habitat

An example of _________________ is birds flying south for the winter.

• life cycle

• habitat

• nocturnal

• migration

A(n) _____________________ is any characteristic that helps an animal survive.

• migration

• adaptation

• habitat

• life cycle

A behavior that an animal doesn't learn is an ___________

• habitat

• nocturnal

• life cycle

• instinct

An adaptation in which a harmless animal has the same characteristics of a poisonous animal so its predators won't attack it is called _________________

• instinct

• nocturnal

• mimicry

• camouflage

The way animals act toward other animals of the same types is called _________________________

• instinct

• social behavior

• camouflage

• hibernation

____________ is a behavior that causes an animal to be inactive for a long period of time.

• hibernation

• migration

• camouflage

• instinct