Adaptations

Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

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A kangaroo has a pouch to protect its young. This is known as what type of adaptation?

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

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Birds migrate during the winter to less cold areas. What type of adaptation is this?

• Behavioral Adapatation

• Physical Adaptation

Polar bears have compact ears, a small tail, and thick fur to keep themselves warm. These are all what type of adaptations?

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavior Adaptation

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What is an adaptation?

• A physical feature or behavior that helps living things survive.

• The food that an animal eats.

• A place where an animal lives

• How animals evolve throughout time.

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All living and nonliving things that live in the same place

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Environment

• Organism

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Birds with large sharp claws and beaks most likely eat

• tall grasses

• pond microorganisms

• vertebrates

• insects and worms

Which adaptation would NOT be useful in the desert?

• digging in burrows underground

• Body parts that store water or energy

• webs between your toes

• Waking up at night

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What traits are most useful in helping a cactus save water in the hot desert?

• Large flowers and sweet fruit

• Sweet fruit and sharp spines

• Sharp spines and thick stems

• Spread out roots

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What does the shape of the Giant Water Lilly leaves do to help the plant survive in its environment?

• Helps catch rainwater

• Helps is stay on the waters surface

• Helps attract small fish

• Helps attract aquatic birds