Camouflage and Mimicry

Why would a rabbit's fur be brown in the summer and white in the winter?

• The rabbit likes to change fur color.

• The rabbit learned it from its parents.

• The changing of fur color help the bunny blend in with its surroundings.

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_______________ is when an animal blends into its environment.

• camouflage

• mimicry

• warning coloration

When an animal looks like another animal it is called ______________.

• camouflage

• mimicry

• warning coloration

• protective resemblance

Camouflage can help prey hide from its predators. It can also hide predators from prey.

• True

• False

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Using this picture, what defense is this Hawk Moth displaying?

• camouflage

• emitting smells

• mimicry

• breathing

A wasp beetle has the same body markings as a wasp.  this helps the wasp beetle because predators think it's a wasp.  This adaptation is called...?

• behavior

• countershading

• camouflage

• mimicry

The colors & patterns on a turtles shell help it blend in with the forest floor.  This is:

• hibernation.

• behavior.

• migration.

• camouflage.

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A Viceroy butterfly looking like a bright colored poisonous Monarch butterfly is an example of __________.

• camouflage

• mimicry

• warning coloration

• protective resemblance

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

• Environment 

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

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Using this picture, what defense is this Hawk Moth displaying?

• camouflage

• emitting smells

• mimicry

• panting

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