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WorksheetsPlant and Animal Adaptations
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
2.
This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
3.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To hide from predators
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
4.
An example of a physical adaptation is...
a)
a turtle hiding inside its shell
b)
The spikes on a porcupine fish
c)
a rabbit burrowing underground
d)
a viper biting when threatened
5.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
6.
Which of these BEST describes how some birds survive when the weather gets cold?
a)
a. They store twigs and sticks in their nest
b)
b. They migrate to a warmer climate
c)
c. They grow more feathers to stay warm in the winter
d)
d. They hide in bushes and wait for warm weather
7.
Some animals move great distances as the seasons change. What is this called?
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
c)
habitat
d)
coloration
8.
Lions often hide in the tall grass while stalking their prey. This is an example of...
a)
camouflage
b)
warning coloration
c)
mimicry
d)
hibernation
9.
A squid will squirt black ink at predators when frightened.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
10.
A penguin is white on its belly and black on its back so it harder to see underwater from above and below.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
11.
When threatened, some animals make warning sounds to help other animals escape a predator.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
12.
What two plants do you see that are adapted to live in a freshwater habitat?
a)
poplar and cypress trees
b)
oak and chestnut trees
c)
mosses and mushrooms
d)
water lilies and cattails
13.
Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?
a)
flowers with bright colors
b)
sharp thorns
c)
small seeds
d)
deep roots
14.
A nice smell is an adaptation that __________________.
a)
helps the plant keep water inside the leaves.
b)
pokes animals that try to eat the plant.
c)
attracts pollinators to the plant.
15.
What is a trait?
a)
plant
b)
an adaptation
c)
a characteristic or feature
16.
What does it mean to survive?
a)
To stay alive
b)
To grow
c)
To have energy
d)
To be born
17.
What does it mean to reproduce?
a)
to eat things
b)
to make things pretty
c)
to produce energy
d)
to produce new living things
18.
Some forest plants have wide ________ that help them collect light.
a)
thorns
b)
stems
c)
adaptations
d)
leaves
19.
The prickly pear cactus has deep roots to absorb water from below the surface of the soil.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
A body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive in its environment is an ____________.
a)
thorns
b)
waxy covering
c)
leaves
d)
adaptation
21.
Growing toward sunlight is a behavior of plants.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
behavior that is inherited
a)
instinct
b)
characteristics
c)
stimulus
d)
inherit
23.
to receive characteristics from one's parents
a)
advantage
b)
inherit
c)
germinate
d)
adapt
24.
Which word means:
to move from one area or climate to another to breed or find food
to move from one area or climate to another to breed or find food
a)
mimicry
b)
learned behaviors
c)
migrate
d)
camouflage
25.
The colors & patterns on a turtle's shell help it blend in with the forest floor. This is:
a)
hibernation.
b)
behavior.
c)
migration.
d)
camouflage.
26.
This animal is using
a)
hibernation
b)
camouflage
c)
mimicry
27.
Plants which require minimum moisture
a)
Tropophytes
b)
Xerophytes
c)
Mesophytes
28.
Orchids and Spanish Moss grow on top of other plants, and are both considered
a)
hydrophytes
b)
halophytes
c)
epiphytes
d)
parasitic plants
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