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Animal Adaptations

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When an animal sleeps during the cold days of winter, that is called _________

a)

mimicry

b)

migration

c)

hibernation

d)

camouflage

2.

When animals travel long trips to find warmer weather, food supply, and a safe place to give birth, that is called _______________.

a)

mimicry

b)

migration

c)

hibernation

d)

camouflage

3.

Looking or sounding like another living organism is called ___________.

a)

mimicry

b)

hibernation

c)

migration

d)

camouflage

4.

A visual disguise; when the color of an animal changes to look like its surroundings

a)

camouflage

b)

mimicry

c)

hibernation

d)

migration

5.

A characteristic or change in an animal's body that helps it survive in its environment

a)

learned behavior

b)

physical adaptation

c)

behavioral adaptation

d)

instinctive behavior

6.

Behaviors that happen naturally

a)

instinctive behaviors

b)

learned behaviors

c)

physical adaptations

d)

behavioral adaptations

7.

Something an animal does or how it acts in order to stay alive

a)

learned behavior

b)

physical adaptation

c)

instinctive behavior

d)

behavioral adaptation

8.

Behaviors taught through observation and experiencing their own environment is called ______________

a)

instinctive behavior

b)

learned behavior

c)

physical adaptation

d)

behavioral adaptation

9.

An animal who hunts is called the ​ (a)   and the animal that is hunted is called the ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
predator
prey
behavioral
physical
adaptation
instinctive
10.

Which is NOT a behavioral adaptation?

a)

a bear hibernating in the winter

b)

a bird with a sharp beak

c)

being nocturnal

d)

burrowing underground

11.

How are teeth, camouflage and mimicry the same?

a)

They are all behaviors.

b)

They are used by all insects.

c)

They each can help an animal survive.

d)

They are used ONLY by predators.

12.

What is NOT a physical adaptation?

a)

A turtle having a hard thick shell.

b)

A camel having long legs to stay away from the hot surface of the ground

c)

A bird having a sharp beak to help them catch their prey.

d)

Baby cheetahs learning to hunt from their mom.

13.

Why would a bunny's 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 surroundings.

14.

A dog shaking after it gets wet, a sea turtle seeking out the ocean after hatching, or a bird migrating before the winter season are examples of _______________

a)

learned behaviors

b)

instinctive behaviors

c)

mimicry

d)

physical adaptation

15.

Choose ALL that apply:

Adaptations are ___________________

a)

only used by some animals

b)

changes an animal makes to help it survive in its environment

c)

physical or behavioral

d)

not necessary for survival

e)

learned or instinctive

16.

Match the following

a)

physical adaptation

1.

thick fur

b)

learned behavior

2.

communicating

c)

behavioral adaptation

3.

hibernation

d)

instinctive behavior

4.

blinking eyelashes