Adaptation and Natural Selection

A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.

• shelter
• tree
• habitat
• organism

The colors & patterns on a turtles shell help it blend in with the forest floor.  This is:

• hibernation.
• behavior.
• migration.
• camouflage.

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Which best describes how a porcupine defends itself from predators?

• it changes color
• it has sharp quills
• it moves very rapidly
• it makes a loud noise

What does it mean to hibernate?

• to change your physical characteristics
• to go in to a deep sleep during the winter
• to travel to a warmer location
• to blend in with the environment

When a cheetah teaches it's cub to hunt, this is called a  __________. 

• learned behavior
• predator
• physical characteristic
• migration

Anything that helps an animal survive in its environment.

• counter-shading
• mimicry
• adaptation
• camouflage

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_______________ is when an animal blends into its environment.

• camouflage
• mimicry
• warning coloration

Camouflage can help prey hide from its predators. It can also hide predators from prey.

• True
• False

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Polar bears and arctic foxes have thick ___ to keep them warm.

• blubber

• gills

• fur

• spines

Giraffes have long ___ so they can reach a lot of food sources that other animals can't reach.

• necks

• gills

• fur

• beaks

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