Animal Adaptations

What is an adaptation?

• a special feature that helps animals survive

• the animal's environment

• the way an animal hunts

• predators eat prey

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The ability to blend into one's surroundings is called...

• predator

• camouflage

• adaptation

• prey

Armor is an adaptation that helps animals...

• hunt

• protect themselves from predators

• run quickly

• blend in with their surroundings

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Animals that hunt other animals for food are called....

• predators

• prey

• hibernation

• speed

Animals that predators hunt are called....

• prey

• predators

• camouflage

• adaptation

Hibernation is an adaptation. How does hibernation help animals survive?

• It allows them to fly away from predators.

• It allows them to catch prey easily.

• It allows them to store fat and stay out of the winter cold.

• It allows them to release excess heat.

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Animal behavior is

• movement of one group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again.

• when an animal looks like another animal or plant.

• what an animal does.

• an animal’s color and pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings.

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Animal structures are

• animal body parts or physical features.

• when an animal looks like another animal or plant.

• behaviors an animal is born with to meet their needs.

• seasonal periods of time when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep.

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Camouflage is

• a seasonal period of time when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep.

• what an animal does.

• when an animal looks like another animal or plant.

• an animal’s color and pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings.

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Mimicry is

• an animal’s color and pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings.

• animal body parts or physical features.

• when an animal looks like another animal or plant.

• movement of one group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again.