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Animal Adaptations

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean to CAMOUFLAGE?

a)

when a weak animal copies a stronger animal to warn of predators

b)

when an animal is able to change colors to survive in an enviornment

c)

when an animal hibernates during the winter.

2.

What is HIBERNATION?

a)

when a weak animal copies stronger animal to warn off predators.

b)

when an animal hides in the cold winter and sleeps until the spring

c)

when a larger animal eats its prey

3.

Which is NOT a physical adaptation?

a)

a bear hibernating in the winter

b)

a bird with a sharp beak

c)

a fish with scales on its body

4.

Why would a bunnies fur be brown in the summer and white in the winter?

a)

The rabbit likes to change fur color

b)

The bunny learned it from his parents

c)

The changing of fur color help the bunny blend in with it's surroundings.

5.

Birds flying south 800 miles to find food and to escape cold winters is an example of

a)

Hibernating

b)

Migrating

c)

Camouflage

6.

A green snake blends in so predators can NOT find it. This is an example of?

a)

Hibernation

b)

Mimicry

c)

Migration

d)

Camouflauge

7.

What is Migration?

a)

When animals eat what they want

b)

When animals travel from one place to another to eat or get away from the cold weather.

c)

When animals are taught how to do something.

8.

According tho the graph, which animal travels the longest distance?

a)

Hummingbirds

b)

Snow Geese

c)

Seals

d)

Monarch Butterflies

9.
What does adaptation mean? 
a)
It's what helps a living thing grow and survive.
b)
a biome that gets very little rain
c)
a trait that it inherits from its parents
d)
an area that is covered mostly by water
10.

This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

Invertebrate

b)

Vertebrate

11.

This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

Vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

12.

This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

Invertebrate

b)

Vertebrate

13.

This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

14.

This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

Invertebrate

b)

Vertebrate

15.
All vertebrates have a ___________.
a)
last name
b)
tail
c)
backbone
d)
neck
16.
What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
a)
Vertebrates are always smaller than invertebrates.
b)
Invertebrates always live in the water.
c)
Vertebrates have a backbone but invertebrates do not.
d)
Vertebrates and invertebrates are the same.
17.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To escape animals
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
18.
Why do animals use camouflage?
a)
To look pretty
b)
To stay safe
c)
To play Hide and Go Seek
d)
To eat food
19.

What is a behavioral adaptation?

a)

Something an animal does to survive

b)

How an animal looks

c)

A structure that an animal has

d)

A bear's thick fur

20.

What is a structural adaptation?

a)

Something an animal does to survive

b)

The physical features of an organism that help it survive

c)

A woodchuck hibernating in winter

d)

A function an animal has