Adaptations

1. What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
• The food that an animal eats.
• How energy moves in a food web.

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This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______

• hibernation
• migration

An example of a physical adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell
• The spikes on a porcupine fish
• a rabbit burrowing underground
• a viper biting when threatened

Why do some animals hibernate?

• The cold weather makes them sleepy.
• Their food supply is smaller in the winter.
• They have no one to play with.

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

• Environment 
• Mimicry
• Camouflage

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 Which of these BEST describes how some birds survive when the weather gets cold? 

     

•  a.   They store twigs and sticks in their nest 
•  b. They migrate to a warmer climate 
•  c. They grow more feathers to stay warm in the winter 
•  d. They hide in bushes and wait for warm weather 

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Some animals move great distances as the seasons change.  What is this called?

• hibernation
• migration
• habitat
• coloration

Why would a bunnies fur be brown in the summer and white in the winter?

• The rabbit likes to change fur color

• The bunny learned it from his parents

• The changing of fur color help the bunny blend in with it's surroundings.

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What is NOT a physical adaptation?

• A turtle having a hard thick shell.

• Herons having long legs to wade in the water.

• A bird having a sharp beak to help them catch their prey.

• Baby Cheetahs learning to hunt from their mom.

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According tho the graph, which animal travels the longest distance?

• Hummingbirds

• Snow Geese

• Seals

• Monarch Butterflies