4.5 - Structures & Functions

What is the function of the a whale's blubber?

• Keeps them warm

• Makes them larger and harder to be eaten

• Helps them catch food

• Makes them harder to hunt

Match the organism to their environment

• Hot & Dry

• Cactus

• Hot & Sandy

• Shrimp

• Cold & Snowy

• Zebra

• Ocean

• Polar Bear

What is the function of the kit fox's big ears?

• stay cool and alert

• to run faster

• survive low water environments

• camouflage in tall grass

What is the function of the roots of a cactus? (short and spread out)

• Roots can get more sunlight to grow faster.

• The roots can have access to air quickly.

• The roots can collect water quickly when there is rain.

• The roots can spread pollen quicker and reproduce.

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Which of these is a behavioral adaptation that helps manta rays protect themselves?

• Their long tail

• Burying themselves in the sand

• Hibernation

• Swimming

Which of the following is a behavioral adaptation?

• Having fatty body tissue to store water.

• Having large ears to help cool body.

• Burying under the sand to avoid the heat.

• Having a light colored body covering to absorb less heat.

The structure that helps frogs catch flies is their ​ (a)   .

• sticky tongue
• webbed feet
• spotted skin
• wet skin

Which of the following is a structural adaptation used for survival?

• Layers of blubber on a whale

• Migrations of whales during mating season

• Opossums playing dead to fake out predators

• Ostriches digging their head into sand.

How would you describe an organism's webbed feet?

• structural adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• learned behavior

• competition between species

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How could you sort these animals?

• Animals with lungs and animals with gills

• Prairie animals and aquatic animals

• Saltwater animals and freshwater animals

• Mammals and amphibians