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Match the Term with its Correct Definition

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
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1.

Match the term "Adaptation" with its correct definition.

a)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

b)

A group of living things that share traits and can breed successfully with each other, but not with other groups

c)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

d)

An animal that eats other animals

e)

To suffer or die from lack of food

2.

Match the term "Environment" with its correct definition.

a)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

b)

Includes everything living and nonliving in an area

c)

An animal that eats other animals

d)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

e)

To suffer or die from lack of food

3.

Match the term "Predator" with its correct definition.

a)

An animal that eats other animals

b)

A group of living things that share traits and can breed successfully with each other, but not with other groups

c)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

d)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

e)

To suffer or die from lack of food

4.

Match the term "Prey" with its correct definition.

a)

An animal that eats other animals

b)

An animal that is eaten by other animals

c)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

d)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

e)

To suffer or die from lack of food

5.

Match the term "Camouflage" with its correct definition.

a)

A pattern, color or shape that helps a living thing blend into its environment

b)

An animal that eats other animals

c)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

d)

To suffer or die from lack of food

e)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

6.

Match the term "Opposable Thumb" with its correct definition.

a)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

b)

A group of living things that share traits and can breed successfully with each other, but not with other groups

c)

An animal that eats other animals

d)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

e)

To suffer or die from lack of food

7.

Match the term "Starvation" with its correct definition.

a)

A group of living things that share traits and can breed successfully with each other, but not with other groups

b)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

c)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

d)

To suffer or die from lack of food

e)

An animal that eats other animals

8.

Match the term "Dehydration" with its correct definition.

a)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

b)

To suffer or die from lack of food

c)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

d)

An abnormal and excessive loss of water from the body of an organism

e)

An animal that eats other animals

9.

Match the term "Suffocation" with its correct definition.

a)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

b)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

c)

To suffer or die from lack of oxygen

d)

An animal that eats other animals

e)

To suffer or die from lack of food

10.

Match the term "Predation" with its correct definition.

a)

A relationship between two organisms in which one of them captures and feeds on the other

b)

To suffer or die from lack of food

c)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

d)

An animal that eats other animals

e)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

11.

Match the term "Physical Trait" with its correct definition.

a)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

b)

To suffer or die from lack of food

c)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

d)

An animal that eats other animals

e)

A group of living things that share traits and can breed successfully with each other, but not with other groups

12.

Match the term "Behavioral Trait" with its correct definition.

a)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

b)

A distinct way in which an organism interacts with its environment

c)

An animal that eats other animals

d)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

e)

To suffer or die from lack of food

13.

Match the term "Species" with its correct definition.

a)

To suffer or die from lack of food

b)

We can move our thumbs around to touch other fingers and grasp things

c)

An animal that eats other animals

d)

A distinct feature or body part of an organism

e)

A group of living things that share traits and can breed successfully with each other, but not with other groups

14.

Which of the following is an example of a Physical Trait and how it helps the animal survive?

a)

Webbed feet in ducks help in swimming.

b)

Sharp claws in cats help in hunting.

c)

Long necks in giraffes help to reach high leaves.

d)

Bright feathers in peacocks help in attracting mates.

15.

Which of the following is an example of a Behavioral Trait that helps an animal survive?

a)

Camouflage in chameleons

b)

Web spinning in spiders

c)

Playing dead in opossums

d)

Hibernation in bears