Adaptations Quiz 9/4/2020

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 

What adaptation does this squirrel have that allows it to glide through the air?

• Extra skin under the arms and legs to capture air as it falls.
• Big ears to capture are as it falls
• Small eyes to see where it will land
• A short thin tail

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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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Birds migrate during the winter to less cold areas. What type of adaptation is this?

• Behavioral 
• Physiological 

Define Adaptation.

• How an organism has NOT changed and continues to live in an environment 
• All animals can live in any environment 
• How an organism grows over time
• Special features or behaviors that allow an animal to survive in an environment.

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Hibernation is a ____________________ adaptation that allows animals to survive at times where food is not available.

• physical 
• behavioral 

This stick insect is using ________________ to blend in to it's environment. 

• air 
• terra
• camouflage 
• synthesis 

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Anything that helps an animal survive in its environment.

• counter-shading
• mimicry
• adaptation
• camouflage

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When an animal looks like another animal it is called ______________.

• camouflage
• mimicry
• warning coloration
• protective resemblance

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Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?

• A butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.
• A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play dead.
• A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
• A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

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