Plant and animal adaptations

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Adaptations are:

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Body parts and behaviors that help an organism survive in their environment

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An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

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Camouflage

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Some animals move great distances as the seasons change. What is this called?

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migration

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How do adaptations help animals?

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All of these are correct

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This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold:

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hibernation

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Adaptation of plants to living in an ocean? Options: rigid trunks and leaves, flexible leaves and stems, storage of water in trunk for dry years, transparent leaves to hide from leopard sharks.

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flexible leaves and stems

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How do floating seeds help coconuts survive?

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Their seeds get from one island to another. When one island is washed away, that's not the end of them.

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Why does a water lily have air spaces inside its stems?

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A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that it can float.

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Why do low-growing plants in the rain forest have brightly colored flowers?

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Their bright flowers attract pollinators, such as birds and insects.

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Why do some plants on the rain forest floor have huge, slippery leaves?

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They need huge leaves because there isn't much light down there, and being slippery lets the extra rain drip right off.