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Animals and Their Adaptations

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is an adaptation?

a)

to stay alive

b)

to have young or make more of one's own kind

c)

an animal that hunts and eats other animals

d)

a feature or behavior that helps a living thing survive

2.

What is a habitat?

a)

to stay alive

b)

the place where a plant or animal lives

c)

an animal that hunts and eats other animals

d)

to have young or make more of one's own kind

3.

What is a predator?

a)

to stay alive

b)

an animal that hunts and eats other animals

c)

to have young or make more of one's own kind

d)

the place where a plant or animal lives

4.

What does it mean to reproduce?

a)

to have young or make more of one's own kind

b)

to stay alive

c)

an animal that hunts and eats other animals

d)

the place where a plant or animal lives

5.

What does it mean to survive?

a)

to stay alive

b)

to have young or make more of one's own king

c)

an animal that hunts and eats other animals

d)

the place where a plant or animal lives

6.

Which one of these is an example of an animal adaptation?

a)

sheep

b)

sharp teeth

c)

sunshine

d)

hot summers

7.

What does the vampire squid use to protect itself from predators?

a)

ink

b)

light

c)

sharp spikes and it turns inside out

d)

big teeth

8.

Which sentence tells why adaptations are important?

a)

thick fur is an adaptation that keeps a polar bear warm in winter

b)

adaptations are features and behaviors

c)

Adaptations help an animal survive

d)

stripes are an adaptation that help a tiger hide.

9.

How does a camels feet help it survive?

a)

they have wide feet that keep them from sinking in the sand.

b)

their feet don't get burned by the hot sand

c)

Their feet are tough and don't get hurt by rocks

10.

Which ocean animal does NOT make its own light?

a)

shark

b)

firefly squid

c)

viperfish

d)

snglerfish

11.

How does the camel's hump help it survive?

a)

the hump is full of water

b)

the hump is fatty and lets it go weeks without food

c)

the hump has food in it

12.

Which one of these is an example of an animal adaptation?

a)

cold winters

b)

desert

c)

fur

d)

water

13.

What is the noun in this sentence, "A kangaroo jumps high."

a)

kangaroo

b)

a

c)

jumps

d)

high

14.

What is the noun in the sentence, " The lizard is cold."

a)

cold

b)

is

c)

lizard

d)

the

15.

What is the noun in the sentence, " Small snakes gather together."

a)

gather

b)

snakes

c)

together

d)

small

16.

What is the adjective in the sentence, " Small snakes gather together."

a)

small

b)

snakes

c)

gather

d)

together

17.

What is the adjective in the sentence, " The green lizard is cold."

a)

lizard

b)

cold

c)

is

d)

green

18.

What is the adjective in this sentence, "A kangaroo jumps high in the hot desert."

a)

hot

b)

desert

c)

kangaroo

d)

jumps