Adaptations and Natural Selection: Grade 3

Adaptations that are the things organisms do to help them survive are called...

• body adaptation

• nocturnal

• behavioral adaptation

• trait

An opossum plays dead to avoid getting eaten by predators.

• behavior adaptation

• physical (body) adaptation

When an animal's colors blend in with the environment to stay hidden...

• mimicry

• adaptation

• camouflage

• offspring

An animal might ____________________ or go into a deep sleep to save energy.

• camouflage

• adapation

• mimicry

• hibernate

_______________________ is when an animal moves from one place to another.

• hibernation

• migration

• offspring

• adaptation

A trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce is called...

• hibernation

• migration

• adaptation

• camouflage

How did natural selection help the moth get this trait?

• A moth with this trait survived and passed it to the offspring.

• It didn't help at all.

• An owl gave its eyes to the moth to use a long time ago.

During natural selection, an organism with successful traits will pass these traits to its __________________.

• offspring

• adaptation

• camouflage

• parents

Adaptations such as camouflage, mimicry, or having thick fur to stay warm are called physical (body) adaptations.

• true

• false

A feature that describes an organism is called...

• natural selection

• trait

• hibernation

• adaptation