Succession and Adaptations

Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?

• flowers with bright colors
• sharp thorns
• small seeds
• deep roots

What is the best definition of animal adaptation?

• Changes to an animal's diet.

• Characteristics that help animals survive.

• Characteristics of an animal's habitat.

• Skills learned in order to hunt.

I am a polar bear who lives in the arctic. My fur is a beautiful white, just like the snow I live in. What adaptation is this adaptation called?

• camouflage

• mimicry

• migration

• hibernation

The colors & patterns on a turtles shell help it blend in with the forest floor.  This is:

• hibernation.
• behavior.
• migration.
• camouflage.

A jaguar’s spots help it blend into its environment. This helps protect them from predators as well as keeps them hidden while they are hunting.

What is this an example of?

• Plant adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• This is not an example of an adaptation

Canadian geese usually migrate south for the winter. This allows them to fly to warmer temperatures and helps them survive the winter.

What is this an example of?

• Plant adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• This is not an example of an adaptation

Some plants have spines to help protect them from predators.

Why did these plants develop this adaptation?

• They needed sun and nutrients.

• They needed water.

• They needed protection.

• They needed to reproduce.

Which of the following best describes primary succession?

• Volcano wipes out ecosystem that gradually grows back from ash covered soil

• Volcano creates a new island of rock that must break down to form an ecosystem

• Forest fire burns down forest that must bounce back over time

• Tornado destroys a crop that must slowly grow back over time.

If you visited a forest in 2015 and there was only small plants there when revisited in 2019, what likely happened?

• passing of a glacier

• preservation of a habitat

• occurrence of a forest fire

• development of a parking lot

Why do grasses appear before shrubs in ecological succession?

• loosen the dirt for new trees to take roots?

• provide food for animals returning to the area

• require plenty of sunlight to make their own food

• can grow even in areas with shallow soil