Animal Adaptations

What does adaptation mean? 

• It's what helps a living thing grow and survive.
• A habitat that helps a living ting grow and survive

• A trait that helps the body and behavior change

• Animals will only act a certain way in their particular environment

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How do adaptations help animals?

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

Which is NOT a physical adaptation?

• a bear hibernating in the winter

• a bird with a sharp beak

• a fish with scales on its body

• An animal that has camouflage

What is a behavioral adaptation?

• Something an animal does to survive

• How an animal looks

• A structure that an animal has

• A bear's thick fur

What is a structural adaptation?

• Something an animal does to survive

• The physical features of an organism that help it survive

• A woodchuck hibernating in winter

• A function an animal has

A species has physically adapted by using camouflage. What is true?

• it has migrated to avoid predators

• it has hibernated to avoid predators

• it has "played dead" to avoid predators

• it has blended in with its surrounding to avoid predators

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Which is NOT a behavioral adaptation?

• an animal that has camouflage

• a bear hibernates in winter

• male penguins gather around to incubate eggs

• sloths move slowly to protect themselves from predators

During the cold winter, a hedgehog hibernates. What is the type of adaptation?

• STRUCTURAL/PHYSICAL

• BEHAVIORAL

If an animal has a certain type of skin that would help them survive, what type of adaptation would that be?

• STRUCTURAL-PHYSICAL

• BEHAVIORAL

A meerkat, who lives in the savanna, has dark fur around its eyes to protect it from the glaring sun.

• STRUCTURAL-PHYSICAL

• BEHAVIORAL