Science Unit 17 Review

What is an adaptation?

• a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment

• anything that an organism does

• the surroundings, including both living and nonliving factors, that an organism lives in

• a living thing

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Is the following a physical or behavioral adaptation:

A bear hibernating for the winter

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Is the following a physical or behavioral adaptation:

Chameleon eyes look in different directions

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

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Is the following a physical or behavioral adaptation:

Butterflies migrating to Mexico for the winter

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Is the following a physical or behavioral adaptation:

Walking stick blending into a tree

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Is the following a physical or behavioral adaptation:

Beaver’s teeth cut wood

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Is the following a physical or behavioral adaptation:

Arctic fox dives into snow to get to mouse

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Read each structure below. Tell if it is an internal structure or external structure.

Skeleton

• Internal

• External

Read each structure below. Tell if it is an internal structure or external structure.

Webbed Feet

• Internal

• External

Read each structure below. Tell if it is an internal structure or external structure.

Scales

• Internal

• External