Animal Adaptations

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

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A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat.  This is an example of _____. 

• an adaptation
• environment
• response
• stimulus

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Which adaptation (for the underlined animal) serves the function of defense?

• A walking stick looks like the twig on which it rests.
• A porcupine’s quills cause a predator to seek another meal.
• A whale filters plankton and krill from the water in which it swims.
• A penguin is dark on top and white below to blend in with the water.

What does an ox do in the summer?

• die of heat

• shed hair

• suffocate in their hair

• cool off in the ocean

How does a small animal camouflage with a tree? Click 2 answers apply.

• It spray paints itself green and goes on the leaf.

• Only a frog can camouflage into a leaf, and it can camouflage because its green.

• It will adapt or change its appearance to look like a twig.

• Walking sticks are an example of an animal that can do that, and it does it by making itself look like a twig

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What animal is this seen in the picture?

• None

• Owl

• Walking stick

• A tree

Why is camouflage helpful to animals and plants in the wild?

• because they feel like it

• so they can get eaten

• to hide themselves from predators

• All of the above

• None of the above

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Name the animal seen here. Click all that apply.

• walking stick

• all of the above

• twig

• stickbug

• insect

What mammal(s) fly or glide in the sky? Click ALL that apply!

• Bats

• Birds

• Flying squirrels

• Flying fish

• all of the above

What is the benefit of being able to fly?

• You can be lazy and not have to do much work and slack off

• You can go from place to place easily.

• Having fun