Animals and Their Adaptations

What is an adaptation?

• to stay alive

• to have young or make more of one's own kind

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• a feature or behavior that helps a living thing survive

What is a habitat?

• to stay alive

• the place where a plant or animal lives

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• to have young or make more of one's own kind

What is a predator?

• to stay alive

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• to have young or make more of one's own kind

• the place where a plant or animal lives

What does it mean to reproduce?

• to have young or make more of one's own kind

• to stay alive

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• the place where a plant or animal lives

What does it mean to survive?

• to stay alive

• to have young or make more of one's own king

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• the place where a plant or animal lives

Which one of these is an example of an animal adaptation?

• sheep

• sharp teeth

• sunshine

• hot summers

What does the vampire squid use to protect itself from predators?

• ink

• light

• sharp spikes

• big teeth

Which sentence tells why adaptations are important?

• thick fur is an adaptation that keeps a polar bear warm in winter

• adaptations are features and behaviors

• Adaptations help an animal survive

• stripes are an adaptation that help a tiger hide.

How does a camels feet help it survive?

• they have wide feet that keep them from sinking in the sand.

• their feet don't get burned by the hot sand

• Their feet are tough and don't get hurt by rocks

Which ocean animal does NOT make its own light?

• shark

• firefly squid

• viperfish

• snglerfish