Adaptations Test Review

Which adaptation helps black bears best survive the cold winter.

• Having a large home range

• Being able to hibernate

• Eating both plants and animals

• Having sharp teeth and claws

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The Viceroy Butterfly copies the patterns of the Monarch Butterfly so that it does not get eaten. Many animals use the adaptation of ____________________ to survive?

• Migration

• Play dead

• Venom

• Mimicry

Caribou and Canadian Geese go on a long-distance journey to another place as seasons change to seek food and/or warmer climates. This is called ________________

• Mimicry

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

The polar bear's white fur allows it to hide in the cold arctic. This adaptation is called________________.

• White on white
• Camouflage
• Color matching
• behavioral adaptation 

Most desert plants have spines. How does this adaptation help them survive in a harsh environment?

• The spines capture water
• The spines make it colder
• The spines will make it rain
• The spines will protect the plant from animals that want to eat it

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Cactus have a thick, hard surface (cuticle) that prevent ______________ from evaporating.

• Water
• Air
• Sugar
• light

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Anteaters have a long thin snout and even longer tongue. What is this adaptation most likely for?

• To reach through small tunnels in the ground where it can find insects.
• To reach for fruits in trees
• To fight off predators 
• 'to lick himself after eating 

Structures or behaviors that help an
organism survive in its surroundings

• adaptations
• inherited traits
• learned behaviors
• structural behaviors

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Something that an organism does or the
way that an organism behaves or reacts

• traits
• structures
• behavior
• functions

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what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

• different species on different islands
• all species on one of the islands
• identical species on all the islands
• the same species as North America

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