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WorksheetsAdaptation: Flexibility for Survival
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
d)
How animals evolve throughout time.
2.
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
3.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
d)
Habitat
4.
The ears of this fox are an example of...
a)
A behavioral adaptation
b)
Poor breeding
c)
A physical adaptation
d)
Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong
5.
When an animal looks like another animal it is called ______________.
a)
camouflage
b)
mimicry
c)
warning coloration
d)
protective resemblance
6.
Lions, bears, and owls all hunt other animals for their food. They are examples of
a)
predators
b)
prey
7.
The environment in which an animal lives is called its...
a)
habitat
b)
adaptation
c)
variation
d)
relatedness
8.
What are some things that can cause an animal to become endangered or extinct?
a)
habitat loss
b)
disease
c)
climate change
d)
all of the above
9.
What are the 4 things that living things need to survive?
a)
air, food, protection, love
b)
food, water, space, air
c)
love, protection, air, space
d)
protection, water, meat, plants
10.
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
11.
A resting state through the winter.
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months
a)
Locomotion
b)
Hibernation
c)
Migration
d)
Defense
12.
A deer raising its tail
a)
structural
b)
physiological
c)
behavioral
13.
An otter makes an oil to keep its skin watertight
a)
physiological
b)
structural
c)
behavioral
14.
A wolf howls
a)
structural
b)
physiological
c)
behavioral
15.
Gills on a fish
a)
structural
b)
physiological
c)
behavioral
16.
A snake's fangs
a)
structural
b)
physiological
c)
behavioral
17.
A grouse drums
a)
structural
b)
physiological
c)
behavioral
18.
protective coloration (blending in with your surrounding colors) is
a)
structural
b)
behavioral
c)
physiological
19.
Which of the following is NOT a behavioral adaptation?
a)
Making a nest in the crevices of buildings
b)
Hunting at night
c)
Collecting food from trash cans
d)
Having large eyes that can see well in the dark
20.
The goal of every species on earth is...
a)
to survive and reproduce
b)
divide and conquer
c)
survive and conquer
d)
reproduce and die
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