Habitats & Adaptations

What characteristics of a forest would make it a suitable habitat for a deer?

• salt water and beachers

• sand and heat

• ice and snow

• trees and streams

Scientists are able to inter that past environments existed. What evidence proves this fact?

• Scientists use new plants and animals to learn about their diets.

• Scientists just know this to be true.

• Scientists use evidence from fossils of plants and animals to prove that early environments existed.

• All three are true.

Which of the following is an example of a food chain?

• grass, Sun, deer, bacteria

• Sun, grass, deer, bacteria

• bacteria, Sun, grass, deer

• deer, Sun, bacteria, grass

Which habitat changes force animals and plants to relocate or adapt to survive?

• limited space or food

• clearing land to build homes

• hurricanes

• all of the above

Fires can have beneficial and negative effects on a habitat. Which of the following would be a beneficial effect of fires?

• They can add nutrients to the soil and help plants.

• They can destroy food sources for animals.

• They destroy homes for animals.

• The smoke they produce can make animals leave.

During the winter months the temperature in some habitats drop, and the weather becomes very cold. What adaptation will some animals use?

• hibernation

• reproduction

• migration

• hibernation and migration

Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and landslides are natural disasters that affect plant and animals within their habitats. What would most likely occur after these devastating disasters?

• The plants and animals will rebuild their homes in the same area.

• Some plants and animals may die.

• All plants and animals will migrate south.

• All plants and animals will become extinct.

You are walking in the woods when you find a rotting log. When you look closely at the log, you see a decomposer working to break down the wood. Which could be the decomposer you see?

• caterpillar

• grass

• mushroom

• mouse

Scientists have discovered a new animal that lives in brackish water with lots of tall cordgrass and crabs. Which habitat would best fit this new animal?

• Estuary

• Ocean

• Rivers

• Swamps

If you find a fossil of a shark tooth on top of a mountain, which of the following inferences can be made about the previous environment?

• Sharks were able to walk up mountains millions of years ago.

• Hurricanes blew shark teeth up the mountain.

• Millions of years ago the mountain top was underwater.

• A person dropped their fossil while hiking up the mountain.