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Adaptation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A camel has thick skin to ______.

a)

look shiny, beautiful and be noticeable in the desert

b)

protect itself from extreme heat

c)

store water and prevent itself from sweating

d)

prevent feeling the pain while carrying heavy loads

2.

If a whale becomes an amphibian one day, which of the following changes will occur?

a)

It will breathe using lungs.

b)

Its skin will become waterproof.

c)

It will eat small fishes.

d)

Its fins will turn into webbed feet.

3.

Feathers are to birds what scales are to _____.

a)

bats

b)

turtle

c)

monkey

d)

fish

4.

__ stores the extra food as body fat and sleeps throughout the winter to survive cold winter months.

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Birds can fly easily because they have __________.

a)

streamlined bodies

b)

light and hollow bones

c)

body feathers

d)

all of the above

6.

Shreya plucks a lotus plant from a pond near her house. She observes that it has a long hollow stem. Can you explain the function of the stem?

a)

To help leaves float on water

b)

To absorb soil

c)

To fix the plant to the bottom of the soil

d)

To make the flower beautiful

7.

In this plant, photosynthesis occurs in the _______.

a)

leaves

b)

spines

c)

roots

d)

stem

8.

Which term means ‘adjustment to environment’?

a)

Adaptation

b)

Mimicry

c)

Hibernation

d)

Aestivation

9.

Which animal can be placed in group Z?

a)

Bird

b)

Frog

c)

Shark

d)

Dog

10.

Plants in hilly areas have to bear high speed winds and cold. Which of the following adaptations best helps them face the above conditions?

a)

Having lots of branches and leaves.

b)

Tall and straight trunk with needle like leaves.

c)

Leaves which are modified into spines.

d)

Breathing roots which come above the ground

11.

Ramu brought a plant with thick branches and leaves from the plains, and planted it in a marshy area. What must the new plant do to survive in its new environment?

a)

It must change its colour in its new environment.

b)

It must change its leaves into spines to reduce the loss of water.

c)

It must start trapping insects and eat them.

d)

It must develop breathing roots to get more air.

12.

Which of the following cannot be called a habitat?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

When we dip our finger in water, the skin on the finger gets wrinkled. However, the skin of fish does not get wrinkled though their habitat is water because _____.

a)

their bodies are streamlined

b)

of the presence of scales

c)

of the presence of fins

d)

of the presence of gills

14.

How do frogs breathe?

a)

Through moist skin.

b)

Through lungs on land and through moist skin in water.

c)

Through moist skin on land and through lungs in water.

d)

Through lungs only.

15.

Identify the plant whose roots hangs in air & absorb moisture from the atmosphere.

a)

Duckweed

b)

Orchid

c)

Tape grass

d)

Dodder

16.

Which combination of the above features are typical of desert plants?

a)

(i) & (ii)

b)

(ii) & (iv)

c)

(ii) & (iii)

d)

(iii) & (iv)

17.

Parasitic plants have special structure which penetrate the stem or branch to obtain nutrition known as _______.

a)

pneumatophore

b)

haustoria

c)

spongy root

d)

cuscuta

18.

Ben comes across an animal having a streamlined and slippery body. What is the habitat of the animal?

a)

Water

b)

Desert

c)

Grassland

d)

Mountain

19.

Which of these plants is usually weak-stemmed with numerous air spaces and very thin long and waxy coated leaves?

a)

Mesophytes

b)

Xerophytes

c)

Bryophytes

d)

Hydrophytes

20.

Which part of a camel will shrink in size when there is no food for a long time and retain its size when food is available?

a)

Rough tongue

b)

Long eyelashes

c)

Hump

d)

Neck