Adaptations Quiz

A Polar Bear has thick white fur for survival in the arctic environment. This adaptation is

• Behavioural

• Phsyiological

• Structural

• Environmental

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, _____, Family, Genus, Species

Type your Acronym for KPCOFGS

How do Animalia acquire their nutrients?

• Absorb nutrients through the cell wall or produce their own by photosynthesis.

• Nutrients are acquired by photosynthesis

• Acquire nutrients by ingestion

• Nutrients are acquired by absorption of decaying matter

• Nutrients are acquired by photosynthesis, ingestion of other organisms, or both

Pick more than one answer: Pick the three correct principles of cell theory.

• Cells exist inside larger organisms and can never be their own organism.

• All living organisms are composed of one or more cells.

• The cell is the basic unit of structure and organisation in organisms.

• Cells arise from pre-existing cells.

• All living organisms are dependent on other organisms for survival.

Animal cells differ from plant cells because

• Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts and and a large central vacuole, whereas animal cells do not

• Animal cells have a small vacuole and strong cell walls, whereas plants cells do not

• Plant cells have a membrane bound nucleus, whereas a animal cell does not

• Animal cells have a small vacuole and chloroplasts, whereas plant cells have ribosomes

Using this dichotomous key which animal has no legs, does have several body segments, and uses its sucker to move

• Slug

• Leech

• Snail

• Worm

A camels ability to survive a long time without water is a

• Physiological adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• Behavioural adaptation

• Desert adaptation

A wolf will herd deer towards a bridge in order to funnel them through a tight passage. This is an example of a

• Structural adaptation

• Behavioural adaptation

• Hunting adaptation

• Physiological adaptation

What adaptations do Wombats have to cope with the habitat they live in?