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Adaptations

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why do animals use camouflage?
a)
To look pretty
b)
To stay safe
c)
To play Hide and Go Seek
d)
To eat food
2.

Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

3.

Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat

Adaptation: Tulip-Tree Beauty Moth

a)

Hibernation

b)

Behavior Adaptation

c)

Camouflage

d)

Migration

4.

Where an organism lives and is able to find all of the resources needed to survive, water, shelter, food, air, sunlight.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Environment

c)

Habitat

d)

Organism

5.

The colors & patterns on a turtles shell help it blend in with the forest floor. This is:

a)

Hibernation

b)

Habitat

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Camouflage

6.

When an opossums plays dead. This is known as what type of adaptation?

a)

Physical adaptation

b)

Behavioral adaptation

7.

A kangaroo has a pouch to protect its young. This is known as what type of adaptation?

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

8.

Polar bears have compact ears, a small tail, and thick fur to keep themselves warm. These are all what type of adaptations?

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavior Adaptation

9.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A physical feature or behavior that helps living things survive.

b)

The food that an animal eats.

c)

A place where an animal lives

d)

How animals evolve throughout time.

10.

A giraffe's long neck, used to reach leaves high in trees, is an example of a

a)

Physical adaptation

b)

Behavioral adaptation

11.

Birds migrate during the winter to less cold areas. What type of adaptation is this?

a)

Behavioral Adapatation

b)

Physical Adaptation

12.

All living and nonliving things that live in the same place

a)

Habitat

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Environment

d)

Organism

13.

Any living thing is called an

a)

Environment

b)

Camouflage

c)

Organism

d)

Ecosystem

14.

Which of these activities is most likely to have a negative impact on Earth's environment?

a)

Planting Trees

b)

Constructing highways

c)

Recycling paper and plastic

d)

None of the above

15.

During the construction of a mall, a lake was filled in. This would have the greatest negative effect on organisms that -

a)

hunt for berries

b)

live in water

c)

sleep in trees

d)

burrow in soil

16.

Where an organism is at any given moment is called...

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Habitat

c)

Environment

d)

Adaptation

17.

What would happen to the fish in an area if all of the Great Blue Heron's went away?

a)

There would be more fish in the area.

b)

There would be less fish in the area.

c)

There would be no fish in the area.

d)

Nothing would change.

18.

An adaptation that helps living things blend into its environment

a)

Adaptation

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Camouflage

d)

Habitat

19.

Check all items listed below that are non-living parts of an ecosystem:

a)

Duck

b)

Water

c)

Tree

d)

Air

e)

Sun

20.

Check all items listed below that are living parts of an ecosystem:

a)

frog

b)

tree

c)

sun

d)

fly

e)

dirt