Animal Adaptations and Ecosystem Review

A baby kangaroo automatically knows how to crawl into its mother's pouch to drink milk is an example of ...

• migration

• instinct

• hibernation

• learned behavior

Which sea otter behavior is a LEARNED BEHAVIOR?

• nursing its young

• closing its ears underwater

• Cracking a clam open on rocks

• Using its fur to trap air for warmth

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

• Raccoon returns to the same place it found food in the past.

• Goose flies south for winter.

• Giraffe eats leaves from the top of the trees.

• A bear hibernates during winter.

Which is a behavioral adaptation that helps an animal survive?

• long neck on a giraffe

• webbed feet on a duck

• bear hibernating during winter

• flower attracting a honey bee

What color fur would a rabbit need in an arctic ecosystem to hide from predators?

• brown

• white

• blue

• black

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What helps an armadillo stay safe from other animals?

• bony shell

• small eyes

• sticky tongue

• short legs

What is the main difference between a producer and a consumer?

• Producers move and consumers don't

• Consumers move and producers don't.

• Producers make their own food.

• Consumers make their own food.

Where does grass get energy from?

• soil

• sunlight

• water

• air

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Which of the following shows the correct order of "energy flow" in a food chain?

• producer,

  herbivore,

  carnivore

• carnivore,

  herbivore,

  producer

• producer,

  carnivore,

  herbivore

• herbivore,

  carnivore,

  producer

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Which animal is a carnivore?

• squirrel eating nuts

• bird eating seeds

• worm eating leaves

• fox eating a rabbit