Chameleon Color Change and Vulture Feeding Habits

Chameleon Color Change and Vulture Feeding Habits

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology, Science

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Mia Campbell

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The video explains that chameleons do not change color by altering skin pigments, but through complex mechanisms involving nano salt crystals in their skin cells. These crystals refract light, and by adjusting their spacing, chameleons can change their color. Additionally, the video briefly discusses vultures' feeding habits, highlighting their preference for softer parts of a carcass.

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the initial belief about how chameleons change their color?

By altering their body temperature

By changing the pigment in their skin

By using external light sources

By shedding their skin

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do chameleons use to change their color?

Reflective scales

Micro pigments

Nano salt crystals

Light-absorbing cells

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do chameleons adjust their color appearance?

By altering their skin texture

By changing the distance between nano salt crystals

By increasing their body temperature

By using sunlight

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the result of changing the distance between the nano salt crystals in chameleons?

It makes them invisible

It increases their body size

It enhances their speed

It changes the wavelength of light refracted

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do vultures target the softest parts of a carcass?

Because they are the most nutritious

Due to the absence of larger scavengers

To avoid competition

To mark their territory