Unit 5: Organisms and Their Environments

What is an adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings?

• traits

• camouflage

• mimicry

• habitat

What are ways that animal groups help one another survive? (Check all that apply.)

• hunt in packs

• confuse predators

• test water temperature

• cope with change together

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What is an organism?

• a living thing

• a purple ball

• a boulder on a mountain

• a nonliving thing

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What is a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive?

• clean fur

• population

• adaptation

• habitat

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What are some reasons for an animal's coloring? (Check all that apply.)

• to help it find food

• to attract a mate

• to help protect it

• to help it play games

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What is a physical characteristic of a person, plant or animal called?

• trait

• body part

• habitat

• adaptation

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What are some natural disasters that can cause environmental changes ?

• tornadoes

• volcanoes

• hurricanes

• humans tearing down forests to build houses

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What are all the members of a certain kind of plant or animal in an environment called?

• adaptation

• pride

• group

• population

What are all of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism called?

• environment

• sky

• ground

• habitat

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Humans can cause changes to the land by which of the following ways? (Check all that apply.)

• an earthquake

• building dams

• building roads and highways

• bulldozing trees to build houses

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