Adaptations

When animals go into a deep sleep during the winter, they are using which behavioral adaptation?

• Hibernation

• Mimicry

• Migration

• Camouflage

I am a polar bear who lives in the arctic. My fur is a beautiful white, just like the snow I live in. What adaptation is this adaptation called?

• camouflage

• mimicry

• migration

• hibernation

What is the best definition of animal adaptation?

• Changes to an animal's diet.

• Characteristics that help animals survive.

• Characteristics of an animal's habitat.

• Skills learned in order to hunt.

True or false: All animals have adaptations that help them survive in their habitat.

• True

• False

• Partially true: Not all animals have adaptations

• Partially true: adaptations are not for surviving

What physical adaptation helps some organisms breathe under water?

• a. lungs

• b. gills

• c. fins

• d. heart

Animals who travel to warmer habitats in the winter to escape the cold are using which behavioral adaptation?

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Migration

Thick layer of fat which protect animals form cold is called......

• Fatty

• Blubber

• Fur

• Feather

What is natural selection?

• passing of hiding traits to future generations

• passing of survival traits to future generations

• passing of hunting traits to future generations

What is a habitat?

• all of one kind of animal or plant in the same area

• all the animals living in the ocean

• living and nonliving things that interact in the same space

• the space where a plant or animal lives

Why do plants adapt to their environments?

• in order to give the surrounding animals and people enough food to survive

• in order to get the water and sunlight they need to survive in a harsh environment

• in order to block sunlight from the floors of the ocean and the rainforest

• in order to grow very tall and to become as bright and colorful as they can