Animal Adaptations Quiz

What is a physical adaptation?

• A behavior taught through observation

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

• When an animal sleeps during winter

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals

What does behavioral adaptation refer to?

• A visual disguise

• A natural behavior

• Something an animal does or how it acts to stay alive

• Traveling long distances for food

What is camouflage?

• A behavior taught through experience

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

• An animal that is hunted for food

• Sleeping during the cold days of winter

What is mimicry?

• Traveling long distances for food

• Looking or sounding like another living organism

• A behavior that happens naturally

• An animal that hunts other animals

What are instinctive behaviors?

• Behaviors that happen naturally

• Behaviors taught through observation

• When an animal sleeps during winter

• A visual disguise

What are learned behaviors?

• Behaviors that happen naturally

• Behaviors taught through observation and experience

• A characteristic change in an animal's body

• When an animal changes color to blend in

What is hibernation?

• When an animal travels long distances

• When an animal sleeps during the cold days of winter

• A behavior taught through experience

• A visual disguise

What is migration?

• When animals travel long trips to find warmer weather and food

• A behavior that happens naturally

• A visual disguise

• An animal that hunts other animals

What is a predator?

• An animal that is taken and eaten by another animal

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food

• A behavior taught through observation

• A visual disguise

What is prey?

• An animal that hunts other animals

• An animal that is taken and eaten by another animal

• A behavior that happens naturally

• A characteristic change in an animal's body