behavioral and structural adaptations

Adaptations fall into three main categories:

• body parts

• body coverings

• instincts

• survival traits

• behaviors

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Choose the ones that are structural adaptations

• Hibernation in bears

• Claws in Ostrich

• Webbed feet of duck

• An opossum playing dead

Gerenuk

Adaptation: Long neck and legs

• Behavioral

• Physiological

• Structural

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Which of the following bird beaks is an adaptation for getting nectar from the pistil of a flower?

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Welwitschia Mirabilis

Adaptation: Growth rate reduction

• Behavioral

• Physiological

• Structural

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Behavior adaptations involves some part of an animal's body, such as the size or shape of the teeth, the animal's body covering, or the way the animal moves.

• True

• False

A squid will squirt black ink (born with this instinct) at predators when frightened.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physical/Structural Adaptation

A black bear hibernates during the winter months.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physical/Structural Adaptation

What adaptation makes the most sense for living in a cold snowy area?

• gills

• colorful wings

• white fur

• striped skin

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The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce.

• fitness

• energy

• agility

• instinct

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