Adaptations

What is behavioral adaptation?

• body parts an animal has to survive

• are the things organisms do or act to survive

What is structural adaptation?

• physical features of an organism that help it survive

• the way an organism responds to the environment

What structure does a desert tortoise use to eat fruit?

• long nails

• tail

• saw-like beak

Which one of these is an example of a structure?

• Hardshell

• Swimming underwater

• Laying eggs

• Digging into the ground

Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

• Desert
• Temperate forest
• Grassland
• Tropical Rainfroest

How an animal protects itself Adaptation: Skunk and its spray

• Defense
• Hibernation
• Locomotion
• Migration

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

• Hibernation
• Locomotion
• Camouflage
• Migration

Which of these describes one or more living organisms that depend on nonliving components?

• Bacteria living in the mouth of a horse.

• Ivy plants growing up a fence to obtain more sunlight.

• An angelfish eating shrimp.

• A bird nesting in a tree.

The platypus has special feet where the fingers are attach to each other by extra skin. These feet help platypus survive in an environment that is--

• land

• snow

• wind

• aquatic

Didactyl means.

• having 5 toes

• having 2 toes

• having a sharp beak