Animal Adaptations Lesson 2 Quiz

What adaptation does the mountain lion have for being able to catch the deer?

• thick fur
• a long tail
• strong legs
• small ears

Where would an animal with thick white fur and a thick layer of fat most likely live?

• in the desert
• in a stream
• in a grassland
• in a polar region

The animal shown below has webbed feet and a paddle-like tail. Where does this animal most likely live?

• in a tree
• in the desert
• near a stream
• on the polar ice

Which adaptation would you expect to find in a bird that swims?

• feet with curling toes and tiny claws 
• feet with large hooked claws 
• feet with feathers
• feet with webbing

Which adaptation would you expect in animals that live in caves?

• blindness
• poor hearing
• very good eyesight
• brightly colored fur

Tornadoes in Indiana damage trees. If an oak tree loses half of its branches, what will its offspring look like?

• They will have the normal number of branches. 
• They will have no branches. 
• They will have twice as many branches.
• They will have half the normal number of branches.

Canada geese travel north when the weather gets warm in the spring. Then they travel south when it gets cold in the late fall. Suppose that the spring temperature stayed cold two weeks longer than usual. How would that change the behavior of the geese?

• They would not travel north at all. 
• They would travel north about two weeks later.
• They would travel north at the usual time.
• They would travel north about two weeks earlier. 

A group of beetles live in a grassy area. Most of these beetles are green, but some are brown. If a drought turns the grass brown, what is likely to happen to the population of beetles?

• Only the green ones will survive. 
• Only the brown ones will have offspring. 
• Over time, more brown beetles will survive and have offspring.
• Over time, more green beetles will survive and have offspring.

Which of these is a plant adaptation for living in the desert?

• shallow roots
• slender stems
• long vines
• waxy leaves

Jake found that more than half the students in his class have brown eyes. How is eye color in humans classified?

• as a behavior
• as a structure
• as a trait
• as an instinct