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Structural and Behavioural Adaptations

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

Why do animals use camouflage?

a)

To look pretty

b)

To stay safe

c)

To play Hide and Go Seek

d)

To eat food

3.

Traveling done by an animal to find food and water.

Adaption: birds flying south for the winter

a)

Camouflage

b)

Migration

c)

Hibernation

d)

Locomotion

4.

An example of a structual adaptation is...

a)

A turtle hiding inside its shell

b)

The spikes on a porcupine fish

c)

A rabbit burrowing underground

d)

A viper biting when threatened

5.
Penguins huddle close together to keep warm.
a)
Structural
b)
Behavioral
6.

Plants grow towards sunlight to help them acquire as much sunlight as possible.

a)

behavioral

b)

structural

7.

_______ is to go into a deep sleep-like state during winter.

a)

Hibernation

b)

Migration

c)

Camouflage

d)

Adaptation

8.

Bees dance to tell each other where to find food.

a)

Structural/Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

9.

A kangaroo has a pouch to protect its young.

a)

Structural/Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

10.

When threatened, some animals make warning sounds to help other animals escape a predator.

a)

Behavioral Adaptation

b)

Structural Adaptation

11.

The polar bear's white fur allows it to hide in the cold arctic. This adaptation is called________________.

a)

White on white

b)

Camouflage

c)

Color matching

d)

behavioral adaptation

12.

___________ is a feature that helps a living thing survive and reproduce in the place where it lives.

a)

hibernate

b)

migrate

c)

camouflage

d)

adaptation

13.

A squid will squirt black ink at predators when frightened.

a)

Behavioural Adaptation

b)

Structural Adaptation

14.

A ______________ is something an animal does – how it acts - usually in response to some type of external stimuli.

a)

Body adaptation

b)

Structural adaptation

c)

Instinctual adaptation

d)

Behavioral adaptation

15.

______________ help to protect animals in diverse environments -- from the land to water, from the arctic to the desert.

a)

Structures

b)

Physical-ness

c)

Body language

d)

Body coverings

16.

____________occurs when one animal displays physical or behavioral traits that copy those of a different species.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Hibernation

c)

Mimicry

d)

Camouflage

17.

Some animals have this structural adaptation to help them tear flesh apart

a)

teeth or fangs

b)

claws

c)

powerful muscles

18.

Having tough body to protect themselves from predators is a behavioural adaptation

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Lizards drop off their tails to distract predators. Is this a structural or a behavioural adaptation?

a)

Structural

b)

Behavioural

20.
A penguin is white on its belly and black on its back so it harder to see underwater from above and below.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
21.

Kangaroos lick their forearms to keep cool

a)

structural

b)

behavioural

22.

Why is adaptation important?

a)

Because without the ability to adapt, organisms may find it hard to live in their new environment and it would take longer than is necessarily.

b)

Because to adapt means to survive

c)

Because adaptation is the physical feature of an organism

d)

Because adaptation helps organisms in finding food.

23.

Does all animals have adaptation?

(a)  

24.

___________ is a feature that helps a living thing survive and reproduce in the place where it lives.

a)

Hibernation

b)

Migration

c)

Camouflage

d)

Adaptation

25.

When an organism copies a characteristic of something else in order to better its chances for survival and reproduction

a)

hibernation

b)

camouflage

c)

mimicry

d)

migration