Animal Adaptation Examples

Black bears hibernate during the winter months.

• physical adaptation

• behavior adaptation

What is an adaptation?

• A behavior that helps an animal survive.

• The food that animal eats.

• How energy moves in a food web.

• How animals evolve throughout time.

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What are the two types of adaptation?

• Camouflage

• Physical and camouflage

• Behavior and camouflage

• Physical and behavior adaptation

What is camouflage?

• Colors or markings to make it look like something else

• A chemical that is used to defend itself

• A hard shell or covering

• Body patterns or coloring that make it hard to see

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Birds migrate to find food and warmer temperatures.

• physical adaptation

• behavior adaptation

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Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat
Adaptation: polar bears in the Artic

• Hibernation

• Locomotion

• Camouflage

• Migration

___________ is a term used to describe animals that blend into their habitats.

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Adaptations

• Instincts

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___________ is when some animals travel long distances from one place to another, usually during seasonal changes.

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Dormancy

• Mimicry

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What is this an example of?

• Plant adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• This is not an example of an adaptation

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Canadian geese usually migrate south for the winter. This allows them to fly to warmer temperatures and helps them survive the winter.

What is this an example of?

• Plant adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• This is not an example of an adaptation