5th Animal Adaptations

What is an adaptation?

• a special feature that helps animals survive

• the animal's environment

• the way an animal hunts

• predators eat prey

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How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

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What is the function on large padded paws on a snow leopard?

• camouflage

• protection from predators

• keep it warm

• walking in snow

What is the function of the color changing fur of the arctic fox?

• keep warm

• camouflage

• hunting prey

• protection from predators

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What is the structure that helps the duck swim in water?

• beak

• feathers

• fin

• webbed feet

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What does the word mimicry mean?

• the act of making something new

• characteristics that blend in with surroundings environment to survive

• a group of organisms with similar characteristics that allow them to reproduce

• resemblance of an organism to another or its surrounding to survive

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What does the word camouflage mean?

• the act of making something new

• characteristics that blend in with surroundings environment to survive

• a group of organisms with similar characteristics that allow them to reproduce

• resemblance of an organism to another or its surrounding to survive

A resting state through the winter. 
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

• Locomotion
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Defense

Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat
Adaptation: polar bears in the Artic

• Hibernation
• Locomotion
• Camouflage
• Migration

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Which best describes how a porcupine defends itself from predators?

• it changes color
• it has sharp quills
• it moves very rapidly
• it makes a loud noise