animal adaptations

What are the four things that animals need to live?

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Adaptations can be ____________________ or _________________________. Choose two!

• quiet

• physical

• behavioral

• old

A __________is a natural home or environment that an animal lives in.

• migration

• camouflage

• hibernation

• habitat

True or False. Camouflage can help an animal hide from a predator or its prey.

• True

• False

Animals that hibernate

• move to a different location

• sleep through the winter

• hide from predators for a short time

• change their color

Animals that migrate

• always live in a ocean habitat

• have scales

• move to find food and shelter

• sleep through the winter

Fennec foxes have ears that are 5 to 6 inches long. That's big for an animal that weighs less than four pounds. Their ears help shed body heat. And, as you may have guessed, they also provide great hearing.

What are two ways that the fox's ears help them in the desert?

• see their prey

• provide great hearing

• smell danger

• shed body heat

Polar bears are well adapted for swimming to ice in search of their favorite food - seals. They use their partially webbed front feet to paddle, while steering with their back feet. They have a longer body and head than other bears. This shape helps them move through the water. In fact, this marine mammal can swim for 60 miles without stopping.

How does the head and body of a polar bear help it to survive?

• . They help the polar bear hide in the snow.

• They help the polar bear swim through water more quickly.

• They help keep the polar bear warm.

• They help polar bears find berries and sea vegetation

Some animal adaptations are physical, which means that they are part of the animal's body. (body part)

Other adaptations are behavioral, which means they are things the animal does. (an action)

Is this adaptation physical or behavioral?

Penguins have webbed feet that help them swim.

• physical (body part)

• behavioral (action)

Some animal adaptations are physical, which means that they are part of the animal's body. (body part)

Other adaptations are behavioral, which means they are things the animal does. (an action)

Is this adaptation physical or behavioral?

Spiders spin webs to catch prey

• physical (body part)

• behavioral (action)