Physical Adaptations

How comfortable are you with physical adaptations?

• I still need help.

• I am starting to get it.

• I know it enough.

• I know it so well I can teach it to others.

What are physical adaptations?

• special behaviors that help animals to survive

• special animal parts that help them to survive

• an animal that can be hunted for food

• an animal that hunts other animals for food

Over time all animals (and plants) develop adaptations that help them ____________________.

• develop new adaptations

• thrive and survive

• change the way they interact with their environment

• change their behaviors

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An adaptation that helps an animal hide from predators

• migration
• camouflage
• hibernation
• extinction

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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

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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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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What is mimicry?

• When a animal copies another object

• when you are the prey.

• when an animal hides in the cold winter and sleeps until the warm spring.

Which is NOT a physical adaptation?

• a bear hibernating in the winter

• a bird with a sharp beak

• a fish with scales on its body

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Why would a bunnies fur be brown in the summer and white in the winter?

• The rabbit likes to change fur color

• The bunny learned it from his parents

• The changing of fur color help the bunny blend in with it's surroundings.

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