Adaptation Test

What is the term used to describe a characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its environment and reproduce?

• Evolution

• Instinct

• Adaptation

• Variation

What is the term used to describe the behavioral pattern that an animal is born with?

• Learned behavior

• Appendage

• Instinct

• Variation

Teaching a dog to roll over for a treat is an example of which type of behavioral pattern

• Instinct

• Learned Behavior

• Structural adaptation

Instinct or Learned Behavior?

A bird building a nest

• Instinct

• Learned

Instinct or Learned Behavior?

A lizard becoming ill after eating a poisonous insect and avoiding that type of insect in the future

• Instinct

• Learned

Why do animals such as a hedgehog hibernate during the cold winter months?

• Deep snow makes walking difficult

• It is difficult finding food in colder months

• Their bodies freeze from the cold and they can't move

• The daylight hours are shorter in the winter and they can't see

Why do many different species migrate each year?

• Mating

• Following a food source

• Warmer climate

• all of these

A walking stick insect blends in with its environment. What term describes this adaptation?

• Hibernation

• 
  Camouflage

• Mimicry

• Instinct

How does camouflage benefit an organism?

• Allows the organism to blend in with its environment in order to hunt or avoid being hunted

• Allows the organism to hide from others of the same species

• Provides protection to the organism in harsh weather conditions

• Helps attract a mate

What is the term used to describe when one organism tries to look like or resemble another organism?

• Camouflage

• Instinct

• Variation

• Mimicry