Types of Adaptations

An owl is mostly nocturnal meaning it hunts and is active at night.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

A cat has a long tail to help it balance.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

• Physiological Adaptation

A kangaroo has a pouch to protect its young.

• Structural Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Physiological Adaptation

Which of the following is a structural adaptation for the underlined animal?

• butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.

• hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play dead.

• buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.

• dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

Dolphins have individual call tones used to identify themselves. What type of adaptation is this?

• Structural

• Behavioral

• physiological

• this is not an adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Camels having two rows of eyelashes that protect its eyes during sandstorms is considered ...............

• Structural adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

• Physiological adaptation

• Behavioral Adapation

• Physical Adapation

• Both

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

• Behavioral Adapation

• Physical Adapation

• Both

• Behavioral Adapation

• Physical Adapation

• Both

• Behavioral Adapation

• Physical Adapation

• Both

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4