Adaptation Test 1

Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

• looking like a dangerous animal
• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
• having sharp claws or a strong shel
• having only a few young and caring for them

Which adaptation (for the underlined animal) serves the function of defense?

• A walking stick looks like the twig on which it rests.
• A porcupine’s quills cause a predator to seek another meal.
• A whale filters plankton and krill from the water in which it swims.
• A penguin is dark on top and white below to blend in with the water.

Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?

• A butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.
• A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play dead.
• A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
• A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

Why do animals use camouflage?

• To look pretty
• To stay safe
• To play Hide and Go Seek
• To eat food

A resting state through the winter. 
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

• Locomotion
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Defense

Traveling done by an animal to find food and water. 
Adaption: birds flying south for the winter

• Camouflage
• Migration
• Hibernation
• Locomotion

Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat
Adaptation: polar bears in the Artic

• Hibernation
• Locomotion
• Camouflage
• Migration

A monkey has a long tail to help it swing from branch to branch.

• Behavioral Adaptation
• Structural Adaptation

A squid will squirt black ink at predators when frightened.

• Behavioral Adaptation
• Structural Adaptation