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Animal and Plant Adaptations

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gills are an adaptation that fish have for ?

a)

swimming

b)

breathing

2.

A state in which all the body functions slow down for the winter is called

a)

hibernation

b)

migration

3.

Desert plants have a coat of wax on their leaves to

a)

keep water from escaping

b)

protect them from animals eating them

4.

A behavior that helps a living thing live in its surroundings is an

a)

migration

b)

adaptation

c)

protective coloration

5.

Animals that must run from predators are adapted with

a)

gills for breathing

b)

good direction ability

c)

good sight and hearing

6.

A plant that lives only one year is called an

a)

evergreen

b)

annual

c)

perennial

7.

A plant that grows over lower plants and clings between them as it reaches towards sunlight is a

a)

climber

b)

evergreen

c)

perennial

8.

A puffer fish protects itself from predators by

a)

sticking its spikes out

b)

hiding

c)

making itself bigger

9.

When animals move to new places because seasons change, they

a)

hibernate

b)

find a den

c)

migrate

10.

What must plants have to make simple sugar for energy?

a)

sunlight

b)

fertilizer

11.

A cactus stores water in its

a)

spikes

b)

stem

c)

roots

d)

leaves

12.

Animals adapted to look like their surroundings

a)

yell at their predators

b)

run from their predators

c)

fight their predators

d)

hide from their predators