Adaptations

Variation in​ (a) _________  would best help bison survive a harsh winter.

• Fur thickness

• Leg length

• Hearing quality

• Hoof size

A characteristic or trait that helps an organism survive in its environment is a/an ​ ​ (a)  ________________.

• adaptation

• skill

• variation

• natural instinct

The gills have allowed a fish to adapt to living underwater because gills allow the fish to

• easily take in dissolved oxygen

• breathe

• breathe dissolved oxygen

• breathe under the water

An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

• niche

• adaptation

• characteristic

• trait

Beak shape depends on...

• where birds live

• who they hang out with

• diet (fish or seed)

• exercise

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

• environmental change

• stimulus and response

• selective breeding

• an adaptation

Which is a learned behavior?

• shape pf beak

• horse eating hay

• monkey riding bicycle

• snake eating mice

Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• swimming

• eye color

• skateboarding

• callused fingers

Which feature helps and animal hide from other animals?

• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)

• 
  looking like a dangerous animal

• having only a few young and caring for them

• having sharp claws or a strong shell

How do adaptations help animals?

• to escape animals

• to hunt for food

• to survive in their habitats

• all of these are correct