What are animals?

1. What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive and reproduce

• The food that an animal eats.

• How energy moves in a food web.

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How do adaptations help animals?

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

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An example of a structural adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell

• the spikes on a porcupine fish

• a rabbit burrowing underground

• a viper biting when threatened

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Which animal has an exoskeleton?

• jellyfish

• worms

• slugs

• insects

Exoskeletons are soft.

• True

• False

Which animals have a hydrostatic skeleton?

• Cow

• Crayfish

• Sea anemone

• Spider

Hydrostatic skeletons are soft-bodied.

• True

• False

Which of the following is true about animals?

• They are heterotrophs (feed on others)
• They are autotrophs (create their own food)
• They are both heterotrophs and autotrophs

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Endoskeletons are skeletons outside the body.

• True

• False

What occurs when the body can’t be divided into similar sections (mirror images)?

• asymmetry
• symmetry
• segmented
• unsegmented