Animal Adaptations

Thorns on a rose help

• make it hard for animals to eat it.

• attract bugs

• look cool

• insects hide inside of it.

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What helps a duck and penguin swim?

• webbed feet

• a big bill

• feathers

• floaties

A body part or behavior that helps an organism meet its needs in its environment. Developed over many generations in response to the environment.

• Instinct

• Adaptation

• Camouflage

• Variation

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An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings.

• Camouflage

• Migration

• Variation

• Extinction

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A period of time when an animal goes into a long sleep, usually to avoid cold weather and conserve energy

• Adaptation

• Instinct

• Hibernation

• Environment

Camouflage is

• a seasonal period of time when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep.

• what an animal does.

• when an animal looks like another animal or plant.

• an animal’s color and pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings.

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Mimicry is

• an animal’s color and pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings.

• animal body parts or physical features.

• when an animal looks like another animal or plant.

• movement of one group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again.

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Which of the following are examples of camouflage? (Choose 2)

• A white rabbit hiding in the snow

• A moth that mimics a leaf

• An insect that imitates a bee

• A green alligator sitting in a green river

• A king snake that looks like a coral snake

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How does camouflage help an animal survive?

• It looks really cool.

• An animal that looks like another animal might scare away a predator.

• An animal that blends in with its environment can hide from a predator.

• An animal that moves from place to place can find food in the winter.

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A characteristic or change in an animal's body that helps it survive in its environment

• learned behavior

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• instinctive behavior

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