Adaptations

___ are behaviors or physical characteristics that help an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Biomes

• Roots

• Nocturnal

• Adaptations

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Chameleons are reptiles that have the ability to hide from predators and prey by blending in with their environment. They can change the pattern and/or color of their skin. This ability is known as --

• natural selection

• imitations

• mimicry

• camouflage

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Arctic foxes are white in the winter to blend in with the snow. What adaptation is this?

• behavioral adaptation
• camouflage
• migration
• hibernation

A black bear hibernates during the winter months.

• Behavioral Adaptation
• Structural Adaptation

To go into a sleep state is called

• migration

• hibernation

• extinction

• predator

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

• camouflage
• mimicry
• warning coloration
• protective resemblance

An adaptation that helps an animal hide from predators

• migration
• camouflage
• hibernation
• extinction

What is MIMICRY?

• When a weak animal copies stronger animals to warn predators

• when you are the prey.

• when an animal hides in the cold winter and sleeps until the warm spring.

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How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape other animals

• to hunt for food

• to survive in their habitats

• All of these are correct

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Some animals may ___, or move from one place to another, when their environment gets too cold or when food is hard to find.

• shelter

• nocturnal

• camouflage

• migrate