Adaptation

How do adaptations help animals?

• to hide from predators
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

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

• Environment 
• Mimicry
• Camouflage
• Habitat

An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

• niche
• structure
• characteristic
• adaptation

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The space, conditions and all the living and non-living things around an organism is its _________________.

• home
• environment
• neighborhood
• ecosystem

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Arctic foxes are white in the winter to blend in with the snow. What adaptation is this?

• behavioral adaptation
• camouflage
• migration
• hibernation

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Which is an example of a behavioral adaptation?

• claws
• beak
• thumb
• migration

An example of a physical adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell
• The spikes on a porcupine fish
• a rabbit burrowing underground
• a viper biting when threatened

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Which one is NOT one of the basic needs of animals?

• Food
• Water
• Shelter
• Migration

A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.

• shelter
• tree
• habitat
• organism

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The praying mantis looks very much like a blade of grass. What is it called when animals look like other animals or plants?

• camouflage
• mimicry
• locomotion
• hibernation

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