Phys/Beh Adaptations

How do adaptations help animals?

• to hide from predators
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.
• The food that an animal eats.
• How energy moves in a food web.
• How animals evolve throughout time.

An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

• Environment 
• Mimicry
• Camouflage
• Habitat

The ears of this fox are an example of...

• A behavioral adaptation
• Poor breeding
• A physical adaptation
• Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong

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

• instinct
• learned behavior
• behavioral adaptation
• physical adaptation

Birds migrate (move to) a warmer place during winter.

• Structural
• Behavioral

Penguins huddle close together to keep warm.

• Structural
• Behavioral

The praying mantis looks very much like a blade of grass. What is it called when animals look like other animals or plants?

• camouflage
• mimicry
• locomotion
• hibernation

Which of these describes the things that an organism does in order to survive?

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Which of these best describes the parts or structures of an organism to help it survive?

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation