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Worksheets3B. Animal Adaptations Test
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 18mins
Nocturnal animals
Seek food during the day
Sleep during the night
Sleep during the day
Do not sleep
A color or pattern that allows an animal to blend into its environment is called
Migration
A behavioral adaptation
Metamorphosis
Camouflage
Migration is:
The movement of animals over the same route at different times of the year.
A form of locomotion
The movement of animals over the same route in the same season each year.
A resting state that helps animals survive in the winter months.
Some animals have special adaptations for living in their particular habitat. For example, in a cold habitat animals may have
Blubber
Gills
Venom
Wings
Which is NOT an example of an animal's behavioral adaptation?
Taking flight
Mimicry
Playing dead
Claws
An adaptation is:
A place where an organism lives.
A characteristic that improves the organism's ability to survive.
A stage in an animal's life cycle.
A characteristic the prevents an organism's ability to survive.
During hibernation, what does NOT occur?
The animal eats a lot of food in the autumn months to store up fat.
Animals burrow in the ground or hide in dens to stay safe and warm.
Animals awaken in the spring.
The animal's breathing speeds up.
Seasonal movement of animals to find food, lay eggs, give birth, breed, etc. is called?
Social interaction
Migration
Learned behavior
Warning coloration
structural adaptation
Which of the following is a structural adaptation for the underlined animal?
The great horned owl has a sharp beak and claws used for catching prey and tearing meat. It has good eyesight to see in low light. Which of these most likely describes the niche of the great horned owl?
Hunts small animals at night
Grazes on grass during the day
Comes out at dusk to sweep the sky for insects
Comes out at dawn to get worms from the ground
Bright and unusual fish markings can warn other fish to stay away. Which of these fish probably is the most dangerous to its predators?
Which organism(s) would be most likely to live in an extremely cold region?
organism 1
organism 2
organism 3
organism 1 & 2
Which organism(s) would be most likely to live in a desert region?
organism 1
organism 2
organism 3
organism 1 & 2
Which organism(s) would be most likely to live in a grassland region?
organism 1
organism 2
organism 3
organism 1 & 2
Based on the characteristics on the data table, Organism 2 is most likely to be which of the following organisms?
Oak Tree
Fern
Prickly Pear Cactus
Pine Tree
The way animals maintain a stable internal balance in their body. It allows animals to function in the changing external conditions surrounding their body.
Homeostasis
Osmoregulation
Adaptation
Mimicry
Any animal whose regulation of body temperature depends on external sources, such as sunlight or a heated rock surface. Examples include the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates.
Endotherm
Ectotherm
A structural adaptation
Mutation
Which of the following best describes a social behavior?
One monkey grooming another.
A predator chasing prey.
An animal defending its territory.
An animal hibernating.
Animals can be all of the following except
Heterotrophs
Omnivore
Autotrophs
Carnivore
Herbivore
A research group has discovered that damselflies, a type of dragonfly, are being infected by a particular type of aquatic protozoan. Both young and adult damselflies are not directly infected by the protozoan but contract the infection from the prey they eat. The graph shows the percentage of adult damselflies infected by protozoans during the summer and early fall. Which of the following conclusions is supported by the graph?
If the amount of nitrogen marsh grass receives is increased, then the height of the grass will increase, because nitrogen is an essential nutrient needed for marsh grass to grow.
What is the independent variable of the statement above?
An endothermic organism
maintains their internal temperature despite outside environment conditions.
cannot maintain their internal temperature as it is influenced by environmental conditions. They have adaptive behaviors to control their temperature.
Any biological behavior/process that functions on a 24 hour cycle.
hibernation
migration
estivation
circadian rhythm
A reaction caused by hormones that prepares an animal to either face an intense activity or remove themselves from the activity.
courtship
fight or flight
trial and error
habituation
A kitten instinctively knows to sip milk from its mother. This is an example of a
structural adaptation
physical adaptation
behavioral adaptation
physiological adaptation
