Adaptation Quiz

A characteristic or trait that helps an organism survive in its environment is a/an ​ ​ (a)  

• adaptation
• skill
• variation
• natural instinct

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Determine if the traits are structural or behavioral.

• Structural because it allows organisms to hide in plain sight

• Camouflage

• Behavioral because it makes animals move away and find better resources

• Hibernation

• Behavioral because it allows animals to save energy

• Migration

• Structural because it is a chemical defense

• Venom

A trait is ____________.

• something your friends give you.

• How you fix your hair.

• a characteristic that is passed to you from your parents.

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What traits can help animals survive?

• Traits that help animals see more of their environment.

• Traits that help animals become camouflaged in their environment.

• Traits that help animals find mates.

• All three answers

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Match the following

• Offspring

• Passed on from parent to offspring.

• Learned behavior

• Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive.

• Adaptation

• Behavior that is acquired through experience.

• Reproduction

• A new organism produced by two parents.

• Inherited

• When one or more organisms bring new organisms of the same type into existence.

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Character traits that describe a character's personality are defined as (a)   .

• Internal Character Traits
• External Character Traits

A cheetah learning to hunt through trial and error is an example of which type of adaptation?

• Inherited behavioral

  adaptation

• Physiological Adaptation

• Learned Behavioral

  adaptation

• Physical

What is migration ?

• A deep sleep that helps an organism to save energy and survive the winter without eating much

• When an animal population moves a long distance to another area in order to survive

• The process by which a plant grows from a seed into a seedling

• The process by which a cell replicates its chromosomes and then segregates them

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A characteristic or trait that helps an organism survive in its environment is a/an ​ ​ (a)  

• adaptation
• skill
• variation
• natural instinct

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Variation in​ (a)   would best help bison survive a harsh winter

• fur thickness
• Leg length
• Hearing quality
• Hoof size

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