Organism Adaptations

What are adaptations?

• traits that help an organism to survive and reproduce
• traits that help an organism hide
• traits that help an organism to seek protection
• traits that help an organism to see.

Over time all animals (and plants) develop adaptations that help them ____________________.

• develop new adaptations

• thrive and survive

• change the way they interact with their environment

• change their behaviors

Opossums have a _____________________ to an attack referred to as "playing possum."

• reproductive adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

• physical adaptation

Living things have two kinds of adaptations: __________________. Choose the best answer.

• behavioral and physical

• physical makeup and structural

• behavioral and structural

• thrive and survive

Over many generations the features that help animals survive ____________________ through the process of natural selection.

• are passed on

• disappear

• change because of combinations

• change through behavioral adaptation

Some adaptations are behavioral. They are changes in the way an organism interacts with is ______________________.

• structures

• survival

• environment

• adaptations

The tundra is a vast plain with frigid temperatures and plenty of snow. Which of the following adaptations does not help the polar bear survive in the tundra.

• Layers of fat for insulation

• webbed toes for swimming

• white fur for camouflage

• total herbivorous diet

Identify the adaptation: Chameleons are reptiles that have the ability to hide from predators and prey by blending in with their environment. They can change the pattern and/or color of their skin. This ability is known as --

• natural selection

• imitations

• mimicry

• camouflage

The diagram shows the heads of four different species of Galapagos Islands finches.  The four different types of beaks shown are most likely the result of 

• gene manipulation 

• natural selection 

• unchanging environmental conditions 

• patterns of behavior learned from parents 

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
• To protect itself against predators.
• To protect itself against prey.