Adaptations

Why do animals use camouflage?

• To look pretty
• To stay safe
• To play Hide and Go Seek
• To eat food

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Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat

Adaptation: Tulip-Tree Beauty Moth

• Hibernation

• Behavior Adaptation

• Camouflage

• Migration

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When an opossums plays dead. This is known as what type of adaptation?

• Physical adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

A kangaroo has a pouch to protect its young. This is known as what type of adaptation?

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Polar bears have compact ears, a small tail, and thick fur to keep themselves warm. These are all what type of adaptations?

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavior Adaptation

What is an adaptation?

• A physical feature or behavior that helps living things survive.

• The food that an animal eats.

• A place where an animal lives

• How animals evolve throughout time.

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A giraffe's long neck, used to reach leaves high in trees, is an example of a

• Physical adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

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Birds migrate during the winter to less cold areas. What type of adaptation is this?

• Behavioral Adapatation

• Physical Adaptation

What would happen to the fish in an area if all of the Great Blue Heron's went away?

• There would be more fish in the area.

• There would be less fish in the area.

• There would be no fish in the area.

• Nothing would change.

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