Generation Genius Adaptations

How do adaptations help animals?

• Adaptations help animals obtain food

• Adaptations help animals protect themselves

• Adaptations help animals survive in the environment

• All of the above

Why is a giraffe's long tong an adaptation?

• Giraffe's long tongues help them reach plants that are on the ground.

• Giraffe's long tongues help them drink water from fountains.

• Giraffe's long tongues help them obtain food from very tall and thorny plants.

• Giraffe's long tongues help them scare visitors at the zoo.

Does an amardillo can roll into a ball?

• Yes!! All of them can do that. It is so cool.

• No, there is only a few armadillos that can lock his head and tail against one another and make a solid sphere.

What types of adaptations do sloths have to help them survive?

• Sloths move quickly, which makes them easy to see.

• Sloths have long arms and claws to help them hang from trees.

• Sloths have camouflage, which means their color is very different from the tree's color.

What adaptation do echidnas have that helps them survive in the desert of Australia?

• Echidnas use their elongated nose to sense where the food is based upon the smell.

• Echidnas use their tongue to eat insects that are on the surface of the ground.

• Echidnas use their large feet to bury themselves underground to keep cool when it gets too hot outside.

Echidnas also have spines on their bodies. Based on the video, how might this adaptation help them survive?

• Spines are an adaptation that help protect echidnas from humans. That way, humans cannot touch them!!

• Spines are an adaptation that help protect echidnas from predators. If a predator where to try to eat them, the predator would get spined!

• Spines are an adaptation that help them look scary and make predators stay away!!

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What other animals are mentioned in the video that have adaptations?

• Dogs, lizards, house cats, coyotes and deers.

• Dogs, wolves, coyotes, house cats and humans.

• Dogs, wolves, humans and deers.

• Dogs, lizards, house cats, and deers

Panthers are considered wild cats. Why their claws are considered an adaptation?

• The panther's claws are considered an adaptation because they use it to climb, hunt and defend themselves.

• The panther's claws are considered an adaptation because they use it to grab the food and eat it.

• The panther's claws are considered an adaptation because they use it to dig holes on the ground.

Zoe explained about bird beak's adaptations. Which was the best tool to grab the sunflower seeds?

• The needle-nose tweezers

• The salad tongs

• The medium-sized tweezers

Is the thumb on human's hand considered an adaptation?

• True

• False