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Unit 6 - Lessons 4-6 Animal Adaptations

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Shapes, colors, and patterns help an animal stay hidden. Which of these is the name for this kind of adaptation?

a)

camouflage

b)

disguise

c)

mimicry

d)

protection

2.

Plants and animals have many similar adaptations. Which of the following kinds of adaptations are NOT found in plants?

a)

mimicry

b)

camouflage

c)

structures for chewing

d)

structures for defense

3.

Which internal structure that helps fish control how deep they are in the water?

a)

swim bladder

b)

tail

c)

fin

d)

scale

4.

A horse has teeth that are flat instead of pointed. Which of these does a horse's teeth help the horse do?

a)

eat grass

b)

catch prey

c)

drink water

d)

avoid danger

5.

Some harmless animals look a lot like harmful ones. Which adaptation do the harmless animals have?

a)

camouflage

b)

mimicry

c)

patterns

d)

shapes

6.

Which part of its tongue is this frog using to catch food?

a)

the side

b)

the back

c)

the bottom

d)

the tip

7.

What adaptation is this frog using?

a)

migration

b)

disguise

c)

mimicry

d)

camouflage

8.

If you wanted to make two model frogs to study how frogs catch insects. Which is most likely the difference between the two frogs?

a)

the length of the tongue

b)

the sizes of the two frogs

c)

the kind of surface on the tongue

d)

the kind of paper used in the frog

9.

Which can you use to record data on how much food a frog catches?

a)

a camera

b)

a graph

c)

a pan balance

d)

a table

10.

Which is the name for a part of an animal that helps it survive?

a)

a model

b)

a tongue

c)

a behavior

d)

an adaptation

11.

Which is the name for what animals do when they go into a deep, sleep-like state in winter?

a)

freeze

b)

hibernate

c)

migrate

d)

travel

12.

Some animals migrate every year. Which of the following is NOT a reason animals migrate?

a)

to find shelter

b)

to mate and find food

c)

to get away from danger

d)

to find another pace to live

13.

Which of these is an example of migration?

a)

ground squirrels going into underground burrows

b)

tree squirrels gathering and storing nuts every fall

c)

gray whales having their young in warm water

d)

tundra swans flying south in winter and north in summer

14.

An example of a behavior that is an instinct is a

a)

spider building a web

b)

chimpanzee using a tool

c)

young bird making it first flight

d)

polar bear waiting by seal hole.

15.

How does forming groups help animals like the water buffalo?

a)

It reduces the need to share food.

b)

It keeps them cool in hot weather.

c)

It protects them from predators

d)

It helps them mover faster when they migrate.

16.

Behavior that an animal is born with is called

a)

instincts

b)

learned behavior

c)

hiberante

d)

migrate

17.

A deep, sleep-like state in which normal body activities slow is called

a)

instincts

b)

learned behavior

c)

hiberante

d)

migrate

18.

What could forming a group help this tiger do?

a)

stay hidden

b)

cool down

c)

catch prey

d)

run away

19.

When an animal looks like another animal that is poisonous, what is this called?

a)

camouflage

b)

mimicry

c)

hiberante

d)

migrate

20.

What is an inherited behavior of an animal that helps it meet its needs called?

a)

behavior

b)

instincts

c)

learned behavior