Physical and Behavioral Adaptations

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What is an adaptation?

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A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.

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How do adaptations help animals?

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to hide from predators, to hunt for food, to survive in their habitats

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An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

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Camouflage

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The ears of this fox are an example of...

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A physical adaptation

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

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physical adaptation

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What is camouflage?

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Body patterns or coloring that make it hard to see

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_____ is a physical feature or behavior that helps an animal get food, protect itself, move, or reproduce

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adaptation

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What type of adaptation is it when birds migrate to a warmer place during winter? Options: Structural, Behavioral

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Behavioral

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What type of adaptation is demonstrated by penguins huddling close together to keep warm? Options: Structural, Behavioral

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Behavioral

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The praying mantis looks very much like a blade of grass. What is it called when animals look like other animals or plants?

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mimicry