Adaptations in Plants and Animals

What is an adaptation?

• A physical trait that helps an organism survive

• A behavior that helps an organism survive

• A characteristic that may be good or bad

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Choose ALL the living things we might find in the Arctic.

• Flowers

• Seals

• Dirt

• Polar Bear

• Lions

Living things have special ___________ that help them survive in their natural habitats.

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Rain forest plants have very small leaves

• True

• False

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Why is diversity important?

• A species is less likely to go extinct

• A species is more likely to go extinct

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Where do most desert animals get their water?

• Ponds

• Animals they eat

• Plants they eat

• the Ocean

Why do some desert animals stay in the shade or burrow underground during the day?

• To find more food

• To find water

• To sleep

• To keep cool

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What is true about natural selection?

• An individual can adapt to its environment by changing traits if the environment changes

• The environment chooses a trait that is good and organisms with that trait survive

• People choose traits that are good and organisms with that trait survive

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What adaptation does this animal have? 

• Camouflage
• Hibernation
• Nocturnal
• Mimicry

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What adaptation do cactus have to protect themselves from being eaten?

• roots that store water

• poisonous leaves

• flowers and fruit

• sharp spines