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Unit 5 lesson 1: Adaptations

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment 
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
2.
A monkey has a long tail to help it swing from branch to branch.
a)

Behavioral Adaptation

b)

Physical Adaptation

3.
Parrots have special feet, with two toes on the front and back to help them cling to branches.
a)

Behavioral Adaptation

b)

Physical Adaptation

4.
A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat.  This is an example of _____. 
a)
an adaptation
b)
environment
c)
response
d)
stimulus
5.
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
6.
Anything that helps an animal survive in its environment.
a)
counter-shading
b)
mimicry
c)
adaptation
d)
camouflage
7.

An adaptation when an animal looks like another animal it is called ______________.

a)

camouflage

b)

mimicry

c)

warning coloration

d)

protective resemblance

8.
Camouflage can help prey hide from its predators. It can also hide predators from prey.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
A Viceroy butterfly looking like a bright colored poisonous Monarch butterfly is an example of __________.
a)
camouflage
b)
mimicry
c)
warning coloration
d)
protective resemblance
10.
A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.
a)
shelter
b)
tree
c)
habitat
d)
organism
11.
What does it mean to hibernate?
a)
to change your physical characteristics
b)
to go in to a deep sleep during the winter
c)
to travel to a warmer location
d)
to blend in with the environment
12.

When a cheetah teaches its cub to hunt, this is called a(n) __________.

a)

learned behavior

b)

instinct

c)

physical characteristic

d)

adaptation

13.
What are adaptations?
a)
traits that help an organism to survive and reproduce
b)
traits that help an organism hide
c)
traits that help an organism to seek protection
d)
traits that help an organism to see.
14.
Most desert plants have spines. How does this adaptation help them survive in a harsh environment?
a)
The spines capture water
b)
The spines make it colder
c)
The spines will make it rain
d)
The spines will protect the plant from animals that want to eat it
15.

Which adaptation would not be useful in the desert?

a)

digging in burrows underground

b)

getting water from plants

c)

webbed feet

16.

The adaptations you can see on this jackrabbit mean that it most likely lives in a __________________ environment.

a)

snowy

b)

moutnainous

c)

water

d)

warm

17.

An animal living in the artic would not have which of these adaptations?

a)

a thick layer of blubber

b)

large, thin ears

c)

a thick coat of fur

d)

webbed feet or paws

18.

A dog barking is a(n)

a)

instinct

b)

learned behavior

19.

Which of these physical characteristics is an environmental influence, and not an adaptation?

a)

Flamingos turning pink because of their diet

b)

penguins having a thick layer of blubber

c)

pelicans having a large beak to catch fish

d)

a rose having thorns to protect it from being eaten

20.

A human and an oak tree both have structures that function to help theim live. Skin is one of those structures for humans. A human's skin si most like which part of an oak tree?

a)

acorn

b)

bark

c)

leaf

d)

root

21.

Which is an example fo a living thing's environment affecting its physical characteristics?

a)

a puppy born with brown fur

b)

a flower in the shade not growing very tall

c)

a bird's ability to fly

d)

a baby crying when hungry

22.

Which pictures on a diagram would show a life cycle?

a)

the physical traits an organism inherits

b)

the behavioral traits an organism inherits

c)

the complex patter of DNA molecules

d)

the important stages an organism goes through

23.

An animal that has wide hooves, some fur, and flat teeth most likely lives in what kind of habitat?

a)

ocean

b)

desert

c)

plains

d)

rainforest

24.

A physical characteristic that is not passed from parent to offspring, but is gained from the environment is called a(n)_________________.

a)

acquired trait

b)

habitat

c)

inherited trait

d)

adaptation

25.

Which of these is not an adaptation?

a)

a scar on a manatee's back from getting too close to a boat propellar

b)

Emperor penguins having a thick layer of blubber to protect them from the cold

c)

Desert tortoises staying in cool underground burrows during the hot day, and coming out at night.

d)

Flounder being colored like the ocean floor and laying flat so predators don't see them as well.