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ADAPTATION

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How do 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
2.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment 
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
d)
Habitat
3.
The source of all genetic material is...
a)
Protein
b)
cells
c)
DNA
d)
The brain
4.
What genetic change allows organisms to survive natural selection in their environments? 
a)
learned behavior
b)
acquired traits
c)
analogies
d)
adaptations
5.

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.

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

Birds migrate to find food and warmer temperatures.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation

10.

Choose a structural 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