Adaptation Quiz

What is adaptation

• the action or process of adapting or being adapted.

• Multiply the environmental

• Variation

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Structural adaptation

• are physical features of an organism like the bill on a bird or the fur on a bear

• Mental adaptation, of the thinking of the animal

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Variation

• a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits.

• a different or distinct form or version of something.

• Color

• Physical things

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

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

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Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

• looking like a dangerous animal
• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
• having sharp claws or a strong shel
• having only a few young and caring for them

Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?

• A butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.
• A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play dead.
• A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
• A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

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How an animal protects itself Adaptation: Skunk and its spray

• Defense
• Hibernation
• Locomotion
• Migration

The space, conditions and all the living and non-living things around an organism is its _________________.

• home
• environment
• neighborhood
• ecosystem

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EVOLUTION

• A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
• Competition where offspring compete for food and other resources in order to survive
• The gradual change of species over time
• Most species produce far more offspring than can possibly survive

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