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Having webbed feet is an adaptation. How do webbed feet help animals survive?

• They stay cool in the summer.

• They can swim faster.

• They can blend in with their surroundings.

• They can attack their prey.

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A penguin is white on its belly, and black on its back so it is harder to see underwater from above or below.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

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Why are advantageous (helpful) traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because the parents with the trait are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant males

• Because the parents with the trait died before reproducing

• Because the trait is an acquired by the environment

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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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The picture is an example of what kind of adaptation?

• camaflouge

• migration

• hibernation

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Camels live in the desert and have wide, flat, leathery pads on the bottoms of their feet. This adaptation most likely helps them –

• walk on hot sand

• find sources of water

• climb rocky hills

• sleep standing up

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Which of these is NOT an adaptation of the echidna?

• long snout
• long tongue
• tail that breaks off
• electrical sensing ability

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Why do you think that animals adapt to the environment around them?

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What traits are most useful in helping a cactus conserve water in the hot desert?

• Large flowers and sweet fruit

• Sweet fruit and sharp spines

• Sharp spines and waxy stems

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The spotted fur of a leopard and spotted skin of a leopard gecko are shown in the photographs below. 
How do these body coverings help organisms in their environments?

• They help organisms find food.
• They help organisms look like another animal in its environment.
• They help organisms eat food quickly.
• They help organisms blend into their surroundings. 

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