Animal Adaptations

Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat
Adaptation: polar bears in the Artic

• Hibernation
• Locomotion
• Camouflage
• Migration

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A resting state through the winter. 
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

• Locomotion
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Defense

 A giraffe has a long neck.  Why would the giraffe need this adaptation?

• to keep warm
• to reach food high above the ground
• to have room to eat more
• to catch birds

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How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

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1. What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
• The food that an animal eats.
• How energy moves in a food web.

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An arctic fox's coat changes color to blend into its surroundings. This is called________

• hibernation
• camouflage
• locomotion
• mimicry

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Which best describes how a porcupine defends itself from predators?

• it changes color
• it has sharp quills
• it moves very rapidly
• it makes a loud noise

Chameleons have the ability to change color. Why do they do that?

• to use less energy
• to change the temperature
• to blend in and hide
• it helps them hibernate

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Why Do aniamals Adapt?

• To make their life better
• To Survive in their envorment.
• To make people happy
• ALL of the above

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Physical or behavioral adaptation: A hedgehog rolls itself into a ball for protection.

• Physical Adaptation
• Behavioral Adaptation