Adaptation

A teacher ordered some pitcher plants for the school garden that was located in the Piedmont area of the state of Georgia. The class planted them in August but in October the pitcher plants began to die. What is the best explanation for this?

• The pitcher plants did not get enough sunlight in the Piedmont.

• The pitcher plants were too hot in the Piedmont.

• The climate in the Piedmont was not wet and warm enough.

• The climate in the Piedmont was not dry and cold enough.

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Water lilies live in lakes and ponds. It is an example of

• Free floating plant

• Fixed plant

• Submerged plant

.............. have thick skin to avoid water lose

• camel

• tiger

• polar bear

• fish

Adaptations means ...

• ways to help an animal eat

• body part or behavior that helps an animal survive

• unique feet to help an animal get around

• the ability to sleep anywhere

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For the following quesitons - read the adaptations that a camel has and match them to the correct statement to show how each adaptation helps the camel to survive in the desert.

• Reduces heat energy loss during cold nights.

• Stops sand going up its nose.

• Prevents their feet sinking into the sand.

• Shade their eyes from the sun.

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Adaptation:

Large, flat, padded feet.

• Stops sand getting in its eyes.

• Reduces heat energy loss during cold nights.

• Stops sand going up its nose.

• Prevents their feet sinking into the sand.

Adaptation: Hump made of fatty tissue.

• Prevents their feet sinking into the sand

• Shade their eyes from the sun.

• An energy store.

• Allows heat energy loss during the day.

Adaptation:

Thick leathery lips.

• So that they can eat prickly plants.

• Helps them to blend into the surroundings.

• Stops sand getting in its eyes.

• Reduces heat energy loss during cold nights.

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The way an animal has evolved to survive in its ever changing habitat. 

• adaptation

• social interaction

• learned behavior

• hibernation

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The ears of this fox are an example of...

• behavioral adaptation

• Poor breeding

• physical adaptation

• Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong

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