Animal Adaptions

True or False: The surroundings or conditions in which a plant or animal lives or operates is called environment.

• False

• True

What is an adaptation?

• A feature that helps only a plant grow.

• A feature that helps a living thing survive.

• A feature that helps a living thing walk.

• A feature that that helps only animals survive.

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Behavioral adaptations are:

• Body parts that help a living thing survive in its environment
• Behaviors that help a living thing survive in its environment

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Physical adaptations are:

• Body parts that help a living thing survive in its environment
• Behaviors that help a living thing survive in its environment

What happens to the heat of the day in the desert once the sun goes down at night? 

• The heat stays and keeps the desert warm.
• The heat escapes because there are no clouds to keep the heat in.
• The temperature in the desert stays the same after the sun goes down.
• The desert gets warmer at night than it does during the day. 

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What word means to change physical features or behaviors of a species in response to changes in the environment?

• Adapt

• naturalist

• Organism

• Species

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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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Coloring or another physical characteristic that help an organism blend in with its environment

• mimicry
• camouflage
• hibernation
• migration

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Why do echidnas curl into balls?

• to protect themselves from predators

• to hatch their puggles

• to keep their puggles warm

• to capture ants and termites

When animals sleep during the winter, it is called...

• Dormancy

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

• Migration

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