Plant and Animal Adaptations

Plants and animals adapt to their environments to survive.

What is the meaning of adapt as it is used in the text?

• eat

• live

• change

• survive

What does the word anatomical mean as it is used in the passage?

• learned

• physical

• inherited

• behaviorial

What does the word drought mean as it is used in the passage?

• predators

• evaporation

• excess water

• lack of water

Paragraph 3 says, "Vervet monkeys have developed a more complex language than many animals." What is the meaning of complex as it is used in the text?

• easy

• simple

• similar

• complicated

Paragraph 4 states, "This also keeps them away from herbivores that may eat them." Explain what the word herbivores means as it is used in the passage. Support your definition with one context clue from the passage.

What does the word toxicity mean as it is used in the passage?

• tails

• size

• brightness

• poisonousness

Read the sentence from the last paragraph of the text.

This amazing fungi is bioluminescent.

In your own words, write a definition of the word bioluminescent. Then list two words or phrases that helped you define the word.