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WorksheetsAnimal Adaptations for Defense
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following are some of the seven (7) different adaptations animals use for protection or defense? Choose all the correct answers.
Mimicry
Avoiding Danger
Venomous Stings and Bites
Bad Smells, Bad Tastes, and Powerful Poisons
Fur, Feathers, and Funny Sounds
Which of the following are some of the seven (7) different adaptations animals use for protection or defense? Choose all the correct answers.
Eyes, Ears, Knees, and Toes
Fighting Back
Animal Armor
Escape Artists
What type of animal armor is shown in this picture?
Image By: Mary Harrsch, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mark True or False.
Batesian Mimicry is when a nonharmful animal mimics a harmful animal.
True
False
Would you rather be a venomous animal or a poisonous animal? Why?
Teeth and tusks, antlers and horns, and claws, hooves, and pincers are all types of which category of adaptation?
Mimicry
Fighting Back
Avoiding Danger
Venomous Stings and Bites
Hiding in plain sight and hiding out of view are both ways that animals avoid danger. What is another name for hiding in plain sight?
Staying still
Camouflage
Not smart
Scaring or startling
Mark all the animals that have an adaptation that would make them an escape artist.
Basilisk lizard
Ostrich
Io moth
Hippo
Skunk
Animals mimic other animals by copying which of the following?
Dance moves
Behavior
Appearance
Sounds
Smells
Caterpillars are soft and squishy. Which two adaptations do some have to protect themselves?
Bristles and bad taste
Shell and tusks
Speed and claws
Hiding underground and venomous
How does an animal use a bad smell to protect itself?
Now that you have heard and seen all of the projects, which adaptation type would you like to have? Why?
