Science Unit

A giraffe's long neck - used to reach leaves high in trees or beak shape in birds, is an example of a/an

• instinct

• learned behavior

• mutation

• adaptation

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The ability to change color or pattern of skin/fur (polar bears in the Artic, some reptiles) that helps an animal blend in with its habitat is an adaptation known as:

• Hibernation

• Locomotion

• Camouflage

• Migration

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An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

• niche
• structure
• characteristic
• adaptation

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Coloring or another physical characteristic that helps an organism blend in with its environment

• mimicry

• camouflage

• hibernation

• migration

"Survival of the Fittest" or when the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring:

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artifical Selection

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What is the main advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.

• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

• To protect itself against predators.

• To protect itself against prey.

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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What is an example of a physical adaptation?

• A bear hibernating during the winter.

• A bird flying south for the winter.

• Wolves traveling in a pack to hunt.

• Gills allowing fish to use oxygen dissolved in the water.

2) A bird’s nearly hollow bones are a physical adaptation that helps it to

• store extra oxygen.

• deliver oxygen to its cells.

• be lightweight in the air.

• defend itself against predators.

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Which best describes an internal adaptation?

• An animals characteristics

• A plants physical features.

• Structure inside an organism that helps it survive.

• Anything that allows an animal to live like water and shelter.

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