Video: Understanding Animal Adaptations

What does it mean to adapt?

• To learn a new language

• To move to a new place

• To change in response to a new situation

• To play a new game

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What is migration?

• Moving to a warmer place during cold months

• Changing color

• Growing a new body part

• Sleeping through winter

Which animal migrates the longest distance?

• Arctic tern

• Monarch butterfly

• Humpback whale

• Blue whale

Why do animals hibernate?

• To play with other animals

• To sleep through the winter

• To migrate to another place

• To find food

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What is brumation?

• A physical adaptation

• A social behavior among animals

• A type of hibernation for cold-blooded animals

• A type of migration

What do bears do to prepare for hibernation?

• They change color

• They learn to swim

• They eat a lot of food

• They migrate to a warmer place

How do plover birds and crocodiles help each other?

• They play together

• Plover birds clean crocodile's teeth and get food

• By migrating together

• By hibernating together

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How do ducks, geese, and penguins adapt to their environment?

• By changing colors

• With webbed feet for swimming

• By migrating long distances

• By hibernating

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What is camouflage?

• Sleeping through winter

• Blending into the environment

• A type of migration

• A loud sound to scare predators

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What is countershading?

• A type of hibernation

• A camouflage technique

• A migration route

• A social behavior