Adaptations-for test

Everything that surrounds and affects an animal including living and non-living things

• adaptation

• inherit

• behavior

• environment

Physical features of an organism like the bill on a bird or the fur on a bear

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

• inherit

• extinct

When a species is unable to adapt within a changing environment, what usually occurs?

• migration

• extinction

• hibernation

• starvation

The viceroy butterfly looks like the monarch butterfly to fool predators into thinking it is poisonous. This is an example of:

• hibernation

• migration

• camouflage

• mimicry

A fish using gills to gather oxygen under water would be considered a

• behavioral adaptation

• physiological adaptation

• physical adaptation

An arctic fox’s coat changes color to blend into its surroundings. This is an example of __________________.

• hibernation

• instinct

• camouflage

• mimicry

Receiving of traits or behaviors from prior generations (passed down from parents)

• adaptation

• inherit

• characteristic

• structure

11. Animals (like wolves) hunting in a pack instead of individually would be considered a

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• physiological adaptation

To continue to live and reproduce successfully

• inherit

• instinct

• structure

• survive

19. True or False Survival of the fittest means organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing.

• true

• false