Animal Adaptations Review

What is adaptation?

• When animals repeat the same routine everyday

• When plants die and regrow

• A change a living thing goes through so it fits better with its environment

• When living things stay the same and never change

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What is the goal of both physical and behavioral adaptations?

• To help an animal survive in its environment

• To increase the likelihood of being eaten by a predator

• To put an end to the survival of weaker animals

• To avoid natural selection

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What is physical adaptation?

• Things an organism does to survive in its environment.

• When the body of an organism changes to allow the animal to survive in its environment.

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What are two examples of physical adaptation?

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Mimicry

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Why do some organisms, like butterflies, have bright colors?

• To help them adapt to flying long distances

• To warn predators they are are poisonous

• To make it easier for them to find food

• To make it easier for them to blend into their surroundings

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A species has physically adapted by using camouflage. What is true?

• The species has migrated (to move from area to another) to avoid predators.

• The species has hibernated to avoid predators.

• The species has "played dead" to avoid predators.

• The species blended in with its surroundings to avoid predators.

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A survival trick where an animal mimics or looks like another plant or animal is called what?

• Hibernation

• Mimicry

• Migration

• Camouflage

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What is behavioral adaptation?

• The things an organism does to survive in its environment.

• When an organism changes the way it looks to survive in its environment.

What are two examples of behavioral adaptation?

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Migration

A bear sleeps all winter. What is this form of adaptation called?

• playing dead

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Camouflage