Animal Adaptations

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

• an adaptation
• environment
• response
• stimulus

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Why do animals use camouflage?

• To look pretty
• To survive

• To sleep and other animals not bother them

• To eat food

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This is an example of what type of adaptation: A skunk spraying its predator

• Defense
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Camouflaged

What is the word to describe an animal traveling to find food and water.  For example, birds flying south for the winter

• Camouflage
• Migration
• Hibernation
• Predator

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What is the word that describe a color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat For example, polar bears in the Artic

• Hibernation
• Locomotion
• Camouflage
• Migration

An example of a behavioral adaptation is

• The long neck of a giraffe
• Penguins huddling together for warmth
• A camel's hump used to store water
• A polar bear's white fur used for camouflage

A black bear hibernates during the winter months.

• Behavioral Adaptation
• Physical Adaptation

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Leaf insects sway as they walk so that they look like leaves blowing in the wind.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physical Adaptation

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A polar bear has thick rough pads on their feet to better walk on ice.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physical Adaptation

Which result is likely to happen to a species that cannot adapt to changes in its environment?

• It will only stay active at night.

• It will survive without adapting.

• It will grow a think fur

• It will become endangered/extinct.

Answer explanation

If an animal does not adapt to the changes in the environment then that animal will die off.

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