25-26 Adaptations & Evolution Assessment

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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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How do adaptations help animals?

• To hide from predators
• To hunt for food

• To survive in their habitats

• All of these are correct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Another word for adapt is ____________.

• change
• create

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An example of a structural/physical adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell
• the spikes on a porcupine fish

• a rabbit burrowing underground
• a viper biting when threatened

Which physical feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?

• flowers with bright colors
• sharp thorns
• small seeds
• deep roots

A type of adaptation that makes up the physical features of an organism that help it survive.

• Structural Adaptations

• Behavioral Adaptations

• Physiological Adaptations

Allows an organism to perform special functions within the body like the blow fish

• Physical Adaptation

• Physiological Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Cold-blooded animals can reduce blood flow to their skin, which helps them retain heat. 

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physiological Adaptation

• Physical Adaptation

Snakes produces venom.

• Structural Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physiological Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Penguins huddle close together to keep warm.

• Physical

• Behavioral
• Physiological