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Unit 5 Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does adaptation mean?

a)

where an animal lives

b)

a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive

c)

what an animal eats

d)

a trait or characteristic that does not help an organism survive

2.

What does camouflage mean?

a)

an adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings

b)

place where an animal lives and has everything it needs to survive

c)

an adaption that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another kind of animal or plant

d)

living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism

3.

What is the best definition for environment?

a)

what an animal consumes

b)

place where an animal lives

c)

living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism

d)

a trait that helps an organism survive

4.

What is mimicry?

a)

living and nonliving things that surround an affect an organism

b)

an adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings

c)

a place where an organism lives

d)

an adaptation that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another kind of animal or like a plant

5.

Which one best defines the word habitat?

a)

all of the members of a certain kind of plant or animal

b)

the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive

c)

living and nonliving things

d)

changes that happen to an animal

6.

What is the difference between a physical adaptation and a behavioral adaptation?

a)

Physical adaptations are how an animal acts and behavioral adaptations are how they look.

b)

a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive

c)

Behavioral adaptations are how an animal looks and physical adaptations are how they act.

d)

Physical adaptations are how an animal looks and behavioral adaptations are how they act.

7.

Which one shows the best example of a physical adaptation?

a)

A chameleon changes colors to hide from its enemies.

b)

Birds fly south in the winter.

c)

Bears hibernate in winter.

d)

Lions hunt in packs.

8.

Which one is the best example of mimicry?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Which organism is lacking nutrients?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

Which object is a living factor in an environment?

a)

water

b)

cactus

c)

rock

d)

sunlight