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WorksheetsInvestigating Plant and Animal Adaptations
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 33mins
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.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
3.
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
4.
Some animals move great distances as the seasons change. What is this called?
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
c)
habitat
d)
coloration
5.
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
6.
This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
7.
What do you call an animal that is hunted by another animal?
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
producer
d)
herbivore
8.
Any physical structure (body part or covering) or behavior that helps an animal survive:
a)
habitat
b)
instinct
c)
fur
d)
adaptation
9.
An animal that hunts other animals for food is called a ...?
a)
prey animal
b)
herbivore
c)
predator
d)
producer
10.
Migration and hibernation are examples of...
a)
a behavioral adaptation.
b)
a structural adaptation.
c)
a physical adaptation.
d)
a result of the sun.
11.
This animal is using
a)
hibernation
b)
camouflage
c)
mimicry
12.
What helps a giraffe find food?
a)
long neck
b)
talons
c)
sharp teeth
d)
claws
13.
What does this animal use?
a)
camouflage
b)
mimicry
14.
When a living thing copies the appearance of another living thing as a means of protection
a)
mimicry
b)
a behavioral adaptation
c)
mockery
d)
natural selection
15.
The colors & patterns on a turtles shell help it blend in with the forest floor. This is:
a)
hibernation.
b)
behavior.
c)
migration.
d)
camouflage.
16.
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
17.
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.
d)
repels pollinators from the plant.
18.
Why might some plants that grow on the shady rain forest floor have large leaves?
a)
to stay safe from predators
b)
to attract different animals
c)
to survive harsh winters with heavy snowfall
d)
to take in as much sunlight as possible
19.
The roots absorb what for the plant?
a)
Water and Nutrients
b)
Soil and Sun
c)
Warmth and Water
d)
Tap and Fibrous
20.
Which of the following responses is a plant growing toward or leaning toward light?
a)
thigmotropism
b)
hydrotropism
c)
phototropism
d)
gravitropism
21.
Which of the following describes a plants behavior to grow in response to gravity?
a)
Phototropism
b)
Thigmotropism
c)
Geotropism
d)
Hydrotropism
22.
This picture would represent which type of behavior?
a)
Phototropism
b)
Geotropism
c)
Hydrotropism
d)
Thigmotropism
23.
A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?
a)
Juniper
b)
Pine
c)
Spruce
d)
Fir
24.
A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?
a)
Coleoptera
b)
Heteroptera
c)
Diptera
d)
Lepidoptera
25.
An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?
a)
Class Insecta
b)
Order Amblygygi
c)
Order Araneae
d)
Order Scorpiones
26.
What is the name of bird Z?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
27.
What is the name of bird W?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
28.
An example of a bulb is ____________.
a)
carrots
b)
onions
c)
ivy
d)
cactus
29.
Why do plants like roses have bright colors and sweet scents
a)
To attract predators
b)
to repel predators
c)
to attract pollinators
d)
to repel pollinators
30.
What plant adaptation is displayed in the picture?
a)
seed dispersal
b)
bulb formation
c)
geotropism
d)
none of the above
31.
What is one possible reason for seeds to have hooks of barbs?
a)
to stay warm during the winter
b)
to protect themselves from sunlight
c)
to get attached to passing animals and get carried away
d)
to stick to animals and steal nutrients from them
32.
what is photosynthesis
a)
a prossess used by plants to obtain food
b)
when cats explode
c)
chemidcal enegy
d)
another word for fungus
33.
What plant part is this?
a)
Stem
b)
Leaf
c)
Grass
d)
A Green Stick
34.
What does xylem carry up the stem?
a)
Water
b)
Nutrients
c)
Water and Nutrients
d)
None of the above
35.
Tubes called ____________________ carry water and minerals up from the roots through the plant to the leaves.
a)
photosynthesis
b)
phloem
c)
chloroplasts
d)
xylem
36.
The process of making food by using sunlight is
a)
respiration
b)
photosynthesis
c)
transpiration
d)
xylem
37.
Which part of the plant anchors the plant to the ground and stores food for the plant?
a)
Stems
b)
Flower
c)
Roots
d)
Leaves
38.
phototropism
a)
response to light
b)
response to tough
c)
response to gravity
d)
response to water
39.
Which structure of the plant absorbs water and nutrients from the soil?
a)
stem
b)
leaves
c)
roots
d)
flowers
40.
Roots absorb water into the __.
a)
Xylem
b)
Phloem
41.
Moves water UP
a)
Xylem
b)
Phloem
42.
What is this?
a)
Xylem
b)
Phloem
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