Adaptation Vocabulary

What is it when a body part helps an organism survive in its environment?

• Nocturnal

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• learned behavior

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What is it when an action is done by an organism that helps it survive in its environment?

• Behavioral adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• Learned behavior

• Mimic

What describes an animal that is mainly active at night and sleeps during the day?

• Camouflage

• Nocturnal

• traits

• instinct

What is when organisms change color to blend into the environment?

• Nocturnal

• Migration

• Mimic

• Camouflage

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What is the adaptation in which animals sleep through the winter as a means of survival?

• Nocturnal

• Hibernation

• Learned behavior

• Migration

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What is the adaptation in which animals move from one place to another for the purpose of survival?

• Migration

• Mimic

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

When an organism imitates another organism or object this is what?

• Nocturnal

• Mimic

• Camouflage

• Instinct

When organisms make more of the same kind of organism as the adult it is what?

• Mimic

• Instinct

• Reproduce

• Hibernation

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The long claws of an eagle are used for grabbing prey. Is this a structural or behavioral adaptation?

• Structural adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

When you see birds flying south during the winter, you are seeing a physical or behavioral adaptation?

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptations