Adaptations

What is the best definition of animal adaptation?

• Changes to an animal's diet.

• Characteristics that help animals survive.

• Characteristics of an animal's habitat.

• Skills learned in order to hunt.

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True or false: All animals have adaptations that help them survive in their habitat.

• True

• False

• Partially true: Not all animals have adaptations

• Partially true: adaptations are not for surviving

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Animals who travel to warmer habitats in the winter to escape the cold are using which behavioral adaptation?

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Migration

True or false: Humans have studied adaptations in order to create technology to survive.

• True

• False

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When animals go into a deep sleep during the winter, they are using which behavioral adaptation?

• Hibernation

• Mimicry

• Migration

• Camouflage

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Fill in the blanks: A _________ adaptation is the way an animal acts in order to help them survive.

• Physical

• Behavioral

• Simple

• Memory

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The black bear’s primary diet is fruit, nuts, honey, and berries. However, they also like to eat fish and small mammals. Their long, sharp claws make it possible to climb trees in order to reach some of their food sources. Black bears also have an extremely good sense of smell. Their long nose allows them to smell up to 20 miles away. This is 100 times better than humans can smell. The black bear’s tongue is sticky allowing them to easily eat ants, berries, and nuts. Black bears also have extremely strong legs, allowing them to move rocks and other obstacles out of their way to get to their food. SELECT ONE EXAMPLE OF THE PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONS LISTED ABOVE.

• Eating nuts

• Sticky tongue

• Eating fish and small mammals

• Moving rocks

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Fill in the blank: A ______________ adaptation is the way an animal looks in order to help them survive.

• simple

• behavioral

• physical

• extreme

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Some animals are able to copy other animals in order to look more dangerous to get away from predators. What is this called?

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

• Mimicry

• Migration

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I am a polar bear who lives in the arctic. My fur is a beautiful white, just like the snow I live in. What adaptation is this adaptation called?

• camouflage

• mimicry

• migration

• hibernation

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