Animal Adaptations

1. What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
• The food that an animal eats.
• How energy moves in a food web.

This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______

• hibernation
• migration

How do adaptations help animals?

• To hide from predators
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

An example of a physical adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell
• The spikes on a porcupine fish
• a rabbit burrowing underground
• a viper biting when threatened

Why do some animals hibernate?

• The cold weather makes them sleepy.
• Their food supply is smaller in the winter.
• They have no one to play with.

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

• Environment 
• Mimicry
• Camouflage

Which adaptation would NOT help a hawk catch a mouse?

• Hollow Bones 
• Good eye sight
• Talons
• Camouflage

 Which of these BEST describes how some birds survive when the weather gets cold? 

     

•  a.   They store twigs and sticks in their nest 
•  b. They migrate to a warmer climate 
•  c. They grow more feathers to stay warm in the winter 
•  d. They hide in bushes and wait for warm weather 

Some animals move great distances as the seasons change.  What is this called?

• hibernation
• migration
• habitat
• coloration

Lions often hide in the tall grass while stalking their prey.  This is an example of...

• camouflage
• warning coloration
• mimicry
• hibernation