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Adaptation .........

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A behavior that helps an animal survive.

b)

The food that animal eats.

c)

How energy moves in a food web.

d)

How animals evolve throughout time.

2.

What are the two types of adaptation?

a)

Camouflage

b)

Physical and camouflage

c)

Behavior and camouflage

d)

Physical and behavior adaptation

3.

The enviroment in which an animal lives is called its

a)

adaptation

b)

habitat

c)

hibernation

d)

migration

4.

A giraffe's long neck - used to reach leaves high in trees - is an example of a

a)

behavior adaptation

b)

physical adaptation

c)

learned behavior

d)

behavior

5.

What are some things that can cause an animal to become extinct?

a)

habitat loss

b)

disease

c)

climate change

d)

all of the above

6.

Lions, bears, and owls all hunt other animals for their food. They are examples of

a)

prey

b)

predators

c)

children

d)

enemies

7.

What are the 4 things that living things need to survive?

a)

air, food, protection, love

b)

food, water, space, air

c)

love, protection, air, space

d)

protection, water, meat, plants

8.

What is camouflage?

a)

Colors or markings to make it look like something else

b)

A chemical that is used to defend itself

c)

A hard shell or covering

d)

Body patterns or coloring that make it hard to see

9.

A resting state through the winter.

Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

a)

Migration

b)

Locomotion

c)

Adaptation

d)

Hibernation

10.

A polar bear has thick fur to keep it warm so it can survive the cold. This is called

a)

adaptation

b)

camouflage

c)

mimicry

11.

How does adaptations help animals?

a)

to hide from predators

b)

to hunt for food

c)

to survive in their habitats

d)

All of these are correct

12.

What does it mean to CAMOUFLAGE?

a)

when a weak animal copies a stronger animal to warn of predators

b)

when an animal is able to change colors to survive in an environment

c)

when an animal hibernates

13.

What is MIMICRY?

a)

when a weak animal copies stronger animals to warn predators

b)

when you are the prey

c)

when the animal hides in the cold winter and sleeps until the warm spring

14.

Why would a bunnies fur be brown in the summer and white in the winter?

a)

The rabbit likes to change fur color

b)

The bunny learned it from his parents

c)

The changing of fur color help the bunny blend in with it's surrounding

15.

A chameleon lies next to a large blue flower so predators cannot find it. This is an example of

a)

camouflage

b)

migration

c)

mimicry

d)

hibernation

16.

What is Migration?

a)

When animals eat what they want

b)

When animals travel from one place to another to eat or get away from the cold weather.

c)

When animals are taught how to do something.

17.

Choose a physical adaptation examples listed below

a)

Birds fly south for the winter

b)

A bird has a sharp beak

c)

A bear hibernates in the winter

18.

Birds migrate to find food and warmer temperatures.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation

19.

A polar bear has white fur to make it harder to see.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation

20.

Black bears hibernate during the winter months.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation