Plants and Animals Adaptations

Which is an adaptation of plants to living in an ocean?

• rigid trunks and leaves

• flexible leaves and stems

• storage of water in trunk for dry years

• transparent leaves to hide from leopard sharks

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Why does a water lily have air spaces inside its stems?

• A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that it can make music.

• A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that so that rhinoceroses won't eat it.

• A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that you can find it in the dark.

• A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that it can float.

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Why do low-growing plants in the rain forest have brightly colored flowers?

• Their bright flowers help them look good on Hawaiian shirts.

• Their bright flowers keep carnivores from seeing them.

• Their bright flowers attract pollinators, such as birds and insects.

• Their bright flowers help them keep their temperature inside at a constant 98.6 degrees.

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Why do some plants on the rain forest floor have huge, slippery leaves?

• They need huge leaves to scare away the other plants and being slippery lets them run away if another plant grabs them.

• They need huge leaves because they don't want the other plants to think they are weaklings.

• They are slippery so that poisonous frogs can't climb them.

• They need huge leaves because there isn't much light down there, and being slippery lets the extra rain drip right off.

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How long does it take plants and animals to adapt?

• less than a minute

• a very long time

• 3 hours

• 5 days

What do Adaptation in Animals and Plants refer to ?

• The way animals play with their friends.

• The interaction between two plants.

• Special features that allow Animals and Plants to live and survive in a different place or habitat.

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Chipmunks collect and store food to eat during winter. Which type of adaptation is this?

• Physiological

• Structural

• Behavioral

Camouflage is the ability to______?

• blend in with its environment

• copy how another animal looks

• fly south for winter

• sleep through the winter

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Adaptation in Animals is divided into 3, select the correct answers.

• Behavioral, Structural and Physiological.

• Chemical, Internal and External.

• Inner, outter and mentally.

Structural adaptation refers to...

• Special shoes to walk on ice.

• Outer and inner body´s changes that help animals to survive in their environment.

• Clothes to wear in cold regions.

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