Unit 5 Vocabulary Review

What does adaptation mean?

• where an animal lives

• a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive

• what an animal eats

• a trait or characteristic that does not help an organism survive

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What does camouflage mean?

• an adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings

• place where an animal lives and has everything it needs to survive

• an adaption that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another kind of animal or plant

• living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism

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What is the best definition for environment?

• what an animal consumes

• place where an animal lives

• living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism

• a trait that helps an organism survive

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What is mimicry?

• living and nonliving things that surround an affect an organism

• an adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings

• a place where an organism lives

• an adaptation that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another kind of animal or like a plant

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Which one best defines the word habitat?

• all of the members of a certain kind of plant or animal

• the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive

• living and nonliving things

• changes that happen to an animal

What is the difference between a physical adaptation and a behavioral adaptation?

• Physical adaptations are how an animal acts and behavioral adaptations are how they look.

• a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive

• Behavioral adaptations are how an animal looks and physical adaptations are how they act.

• Physical adaptations are how an animal looks and behavioral adaptations are how they act.

Which one shows the best example of a physical adaptation?

• A chameleon changes colors to hide from its enemies.

• Birds fly south in the winter.

• Bears hibernate in winter.

• Lions hunt in packs.

Which one is the best example of mimicry?

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Which organism is lacking nutrients?

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Which object is a living factor in an environment?

• water

• cactus

• rock

• sunlight