Animal Mimics

Why is mimicry an important adaptation?

• It helps animals swim.

• It helps animals survive.

• It helps animals grow bigger.

• It helps animals communicate.

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How can eyespots help a butterfly?

• They can scare a predator away.

• They help see a predator coming.

• They can reflect light in darkness.

• They help camouflage the butterfly.

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An animal that mimics its own body parts is an example of-

• self-mimicry

• multi-mimicry

• Batesian mimicry

• Mullerian mimicry

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CCSS.RI.4.3

When an animal mimics another animal, what is the animal called?

• the image

• the model

• the pattern

• the sample

How do king and milk snakes use mimicry?

• to make predators think they are larger

• to make predators think they are poisonous

• to make predators think their heads are their tails

• to make predators think that they are already dead

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3