Adaptation Study Guide

True or False: The surroundings or conditions in which a plant or animal lives or operates is called environment.

• False

• True

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What is an adaptation?

• A feature that helps only a plant grow.

• A feature that helps a living thing survive.

• A feature that helps a living thing walk.

• A feature that that helps only animals survive.

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Behavioral adaptations are:

• Body parts that help a living thing survive in its environment
• Behaviors that help a living thing survive in its environment

Physical adaptations are:

• Body parts that help a living thing survive in its environment
• Behaviors that help a living thing survive in its environment

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An adaption that some plants have for

surviving dry conditions is -

• growing tall and producing many large

  leaves

• changing colours of leaves in autumn

• producing wax on stems and leaves

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Some grasses grow in hot dry areas. Why might they grow deep roots?

• to protect the plant from sun damage
• to take in as much light as possible
• to spread seeds to new places
• to reach water down below

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Why might some plants have thorns?

• to stay safe from animals that want to eat the plant
• to attract insects that spread pollen to other plants
• to take in nutrients from the air
• to provide shade for the plant

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Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

• Desert

• Tropical forest

• Grassland

What happens to the heat of the day in the desert once the sun goes down at night? 

• The heat stays and keeps the desert warm.
• The heat escapes because there are no clouds to keep the heat in.
• The temperature in the desert stays the same after the sun goes down.
• The desert gets warmer at night than it does during the day. 

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Some plants have small leaves that help them do which of these?

• grow tall
• save water
• make seeds
  make seeds
• fall off in winter

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