Animal Adaptation Vocabulary Quiz

1. Inherited behaviors animals are born knowing how to do

• migrate

• mimicry

• learned behavior

• instincts

1. When an animal is in an inactive state that helps it survive harsh conditions

• habitat

• dormant

• migrate

• camouflage

Animals that eat other animals

• omnivore

• carnivore

• predator

• prey

1. An animal’s home

• structural adaptation

• behavioural adaptation

• biome

• habitat

Characteristics of an animal that are passed down from its parents

• inherited traits

• instincts

• migrate

• camouflage

An adaptation where a harmless animal resembles a dangerous animal to fool predators

• camouflage

• mimicry

• predator

• structural adaptation

1. To move from one area or climate to another to breed or find food

• camouflage

• habitat

• migrate

• mimicry

Something an animal does instinctively that helps it survive

• instinct

• behavioural adaptation

• structural adaptation

• learned behaviour

1. An animal that is eaten by another animal

• herbivore

• predator

• prey

• carnivore

1. Adaptations that help an animal blend in with its surroundings to avoid being seen

• camouflage

• mimicry

• structural adaptation

• prey