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Adaptations STAAR Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Structures or behaviors that help an
organism survive in its surroundings
a)
adaptations
b)
inherited traits
c)
learned behaviors
d)
structural behaviors
2.
Something that an organism does or the
way that an organism behaves or reacts
a)
traits
b)
structures
c)
behavior
d)
functions
3.
Occurring in the night
a)
logical
b)
structural
c)
function
d)
nocturnal
4.
New organisms that come from parent
organisms
a)
adaptations
b)
offspring
c)
behaviors
d)
function
5.
Characteristics that are passed from
parents to their offspring
a)
broken leg
b)
structures
c)
behaviors
d)
inherited traits
6.

Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

7.

Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat

Adaptation: Tulip-Tree Beauty Moth

a)

Hibernation

b)

Behavior Adaptation

c)

Camouflage

d)

Migration

8.

Where an organism lives and is able to find all of the resources needed to survive, water, shelter, food, air, sunlight.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Environment

c)

Habitat

d)

Organism

9.

The colors & patterns on a turtles shell help it blend in with the forest floor. This is:

a)

Hibernation

b)

Habitat

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Camouflage

10.

When an opossums plays dead. This is known as what type of adaptation?

a)

Physical adaptation

b)

Behavioral adaptation

11.

Polar bears have compact ears, a small tail, and thick fur to keep themselves warm. These are all what type of adaptations?

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavior Adaptation

12.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A physical feature or behavior that helps living things survive.

b)

The food that an animal eats.

c)

A place where an animal lives

d)

How animals evolve throughout time.

13.

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

a)

Physical adaptation

b)

Behavioral adaptation

14.

Birds migrate during the winter to less cold areas. What type of adaptation is this?

a)

Behavioral Adapatation

b)

Physical Adaptation

15.

All living and nonliving things that live in the same place

a)

Habitat

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Environment

d)

Organism

16.

Which of these activities is most likely to have a negative impact on Earth's environment?

a)

Planting Trees

b)

Constructing highways

c)

Recycling paper and plastic

d)

None of the above

17.

Check all items listed below that are living parts of an ecosystem:

a)

frog

b)

tree

c)

sun

d)

fly

e)

dirt