Animal Adaptation Examples

Migration, hibernation, and nesting are all examples of which type of adaptation?

• Plant adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• This is not an example of an adaptation

Claws, webbed feet, and spotted fur are all examples of which type of adaptation?

• Plant adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• This is not an example of an adaptation

When an animal sleeps during the cold days of winter, that is called _________

• mimicry

• migration

• hibernation

• camouflage

Looking or sounding like another living organism is called ___________.

• mimicry

• hibernation

• migration

• camouflage

A visual disguise; when the color of an animal changes to look like its surroundings

• camouflage

• mimicry

• hibernation

• migration

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A characteristic or change in an animal's body that helps it survive in its environment

• learned behavior

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• instinctive behavior

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Something an animal does or how it acts in order to stay alive

• learned behavior

• physical adaptation

• instinctive behavior

• behavioral adaptation

How are teeth, camouflage and mimicry the same?

• They are all behaviors.

• They are used by all insects.

• They each can help an animal survive.

• They are used ONLY by predators.

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What is NOT a physical adaptation?

• A turtle having a hard thick shell.

• A camel having long legs to stay away from the hot surface of the ground

• A bird having a sharp beak to help them catch their prey.

• Baby cheetahs learning to hunt from their mom.

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

• The rabbit likes to change fur color

• The bunny learned it from his parents

• The changing of fur color help the bunny blend in with it's surroundings.

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