Adaptations and the Environment Pretest

What is an adaptation?

• the way an animal moves is called it's adaptation

• adaptation is a characteristic of a living thing that helps it survive in its environment.

• plants and animals work together to create an adaptation

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What kinds of things might help an animal survive in it's environment? Choose 3

• an animal is a herbivore or carnivore

• Skin or feathers that look like the environment

• claws for climbing

• some animals that are pets

• strong vision for seeing prey

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What is an adaptation that helps hummingbirds get food?

• Their long beaks helps them drink nectar from deep inside a plant

• They are too small for other animals to see

• They use their beak to dig worms in the ground

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What is a predator?

• A large monster that lives underground

• Rabbits and hamsters are a type of predator

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

What is an environment?

• Everything living and nonliving in an area.

• The water we drink and the air we breathe.

• Something an animal uses to protect itself.

• A special characteristic that helps an animal survive.