Adaptation

True or false? Adapt means "to change"

• True

• False

True or false? Instincts are behaviours that animals need to learn.

• True

• False

What is an animal adaptation?

• Where an animal lives

• A unique part of an animal that helps it survive

• The change that an animal goes through as it grows

• A type of environment

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The main purpose of an adaptation is to:

• Help an animal or plant exist

• Get food

• Provide a habitat

• Change the plant or animal's appearance

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True or false? A behavioural adaptation allows an animal or plant to act in a certain way to increase its chance of survival.

• True

• False

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Which is an example of a behavioural adaptation?

• Hibernation

• Giving off scent

• Migration

• All of the above

• None of the above

True or false? Only animals have behavioural adaptations.

• True

• False

True or false? Hibernation is a structural adaptation.

• True

• False

True or false? Camouflage is a structural adaptation.

• True

• False

Which term means, "body structures that allow an animal to find food, defend itself and reproduce its species"?

• Structural/physical adaptations

• Behavioural adaptations

• Learned behaviours

• Life-cycle

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