TEKS Science Adaptations

True or false? Adapt means "to change"

• True

• False

What is an adaptation?

• Where a plant or an animal lives

• A change over time that helps it an animal or plant to survive

• The changes that an animal or plant go through as it grows

• A type of environment

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The main purpose of an adaptation is to:

• Help an animal or plant survive

• Get food

• Provide a habitat

• Change the plant or animal's appearance

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True or false? A BEHAVIOURAL adaptation allows an animal or plant to act in a certain way to increase its chance of survival.

• True

• False

Which is an example of a behavioural adaptation?

• Hibernation

• Giving off scent

• growing spikes

• None of the above

True or false? Hibernation is a structural adaptation.

• True

• False

True or false? Camouflage is a structural adaptation.

• True

• False

Which term means, "body structures that allow an animal to find food, defend itself and reproduce its species"?

• Structural/physical adaptations

• Behavioural adaptations

• Learned behaviours

• Life-cycle

Animals that hunt other animals to eat are called:

• Prey

• Omnivores

• Predators

• Herbivores

A camel is adapted to survive in desert conditions. Which of the following is NOT true?

• The nostrils can close to keep the sand out

• The hump is used to store fat

• They have large feet so they do not sink into the sand

• They have long eyelashes to attract other camels