Plant and Animal Adaptations

Choose two protective adaptations found in/on plants.

• camouflage

• thorns

• sweet smell

• poison

How does camouflage protect an animal?

• It blends into its surroundings.

• The bright colors warn that it is poisonous.

• It mimics other fierce animals.

The way an animal acts is a/an

• adaptation

• camouflage

• behavior

• parasites

Creatures that live on or in other living things and harm them are ___.

• camouflage

• adaptations

• parasites

• nutrients

Behaviors of parts of living things that help them survive are___.

• adaptations

• behaviors

• camouflage

Ability to blend in with the surroundings is ___.

• camouflage

• adaptations

The shape of a birds' beak is what kind of adaptation?

• structural (physical) body

• behavioral

• life-cycle (physiological) inside

An opossum pretending to be dead is am example of an adaptive___.

• behavior

• body part

A cleaner fish eats ___ from coral reef fish.

• predators

• parasites