Physical and Behavioral Adaptations Review

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

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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

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Claws, webbed feet, and spotted fur are all examples of which type of adaptation?

• Plant adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• This is not an example of an adaptation

What do you call the process of making changes over a long period of time for survival?

• prey

• adaptation

• predator

• extinct

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Which adaptation (for the underlined animal) serves the function of defense?

• A walking stick looks like the twig on which it rests.
• A porcupine’s quills cause a predator to seek another meal.
• A whale filters plankton and krill from the water in which it swims.
• A penguin is dark on top and white below to blend in with the water.

What is another term for inherited behaviors?

• hibernation

• instinct

• physical adaptation

• natural selection

A cub will learn how to hunt by watching and copying its mother, which is a/an ___________ behavior.

• instinctive

• adaptive

• learned

• mimicry

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___________ is when animals go into a deep sleep causing their bodies to slow down.

• Mimicry

• Migration

• Dormancy

• Hibernation

Camouflage and mimicry are examples of ___________ adaptations.

• behavioral

• special

• physical

• predatory

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An opossum playing dead when it's in danger is an example of a ___________ adaptation.

• learned

• physical

• behavioral

• tricky

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