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Physical and behavioural adaptation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A characteristic or behavior that helps an animal survive.

b)

The food that an animal eats.

c)

How energy moves in a food web.

d)

How animals evolve throughout time.

2.

What do animals do when they migrate?

a)

They sleep all winter

b)

They live in a pond

c)

They move from one place to another

d)

They study birds

3.

Which of these describes activities that an organism does in order to survive?

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

4.

Bats are nocturnal and hunt at night.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

5.

Birds migrate to find food and warmer temperatures.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

6.

A polar bear has white fur to make it harder to see.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

7.

Ducks have webbed feet to help them swim in water.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

8.

Which of these best describes the parts or structures in the body of an organism to help it survive?

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

9.

Traveling done by an animal to find food and water.

Adaption: birds flying south for the winter

a)

Camouflage

b)

Migration

c)

Hibernation

d)

Locomotion

10.

_______ is to go into a long deep sleep-like state during winter.

a)

hibernation

b)

migration

c)

camouflage

d)

adaptation

11.

A behavior that animals know how to do without being taught.

a)

mimicry

b)

instinct

c)

adaptation

12.
Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?
a)
flowers with bright colors
b)
sharp thorns
c)
small seeds
d)
deep roots
13.

Which choice is a PHYSICAL adaptation?

a)

the long neck of a girrafe

b)

migrating

c)

laying thousands of eggs

d)

hibernating

14.

An owl is mostly nocturnal, it hunts and is active at night.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

15.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment 
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
16.
A squid will squirt black ink at predators when frightened.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
17.
Which foot is best suited for a wet environment?
a)
Clawed foot with talon 
b)
Human-like foot
c)
Webbed foot
d)
Small clawed foot without a talon 
18.

Squirrels gather and store acorns for the winter, which is a ___________ adaptation.

a)

behavioral

b)

structural

c)

physical

d)

environmental

19.

Camouflage and mimicry are examples of ___________ adaptations.

a)

behavioral

b)

special

c)

physical

d)

predatory

20.

Both animals and people are born with ___________, like crying.

a)

instincts

b)

experiences

c)

adaptations

d)

dormancy