6th Grade Plant and Animal Adapations

What is it called when an animal moves from one place to another?

• instinct
• migrate
• camouflage
• tropism

Which class of animals has the following list of characteristics?
·  Cold Blooded
·  Lays Eggs
· Bodies are covered with dry scales

• Reptiles
• Fish
• Amphibians
• Mammals

What kind of animal usually has a live birth?

• Insects
• mammals
• birds
• amphibians

Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

• looking like a dangerous animal
• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
• having sharp claws or a strong shel
• having only a few young and caring for them

Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?

• A butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.
• A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play dead.
• A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
• A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

Vertebrates are animals that have a ____________.

• fur
• 4 legs
• backbone
• roots

The kangaroo rat is able to get all of the water it needs through it's food and therefore, never needs to drink liquid. This animal has adapted to survive in which biome?

• Forest
• Tundra
• Desert
• Grassland

Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

• Desert
• Temperate forest
• Grassland
• Tropical Rainfroest

Anything that helps plants or animals survive in their environment is known as a(n) __________________.

• Roots
• Habitats
• Adaptation 
• Adoption

This word means to stay alive.

• trait
• reproduce
• adaptation
• survive