This animal has a long neck that helps it reach leaves high in trees.
What is a giraffe?
This adaptation helps an animal blend into its surroundings so predators have a harder time finding it.
What is camouflage?
This habitat is home to animals such as camels, snakes, and scorpions.
What is a desert?
This behavior happens when animals move to another location during certain seasons to find food or warmer weather.
What is migration?
What is an adaptation?
What is a body part or behavior that helps an animal survive?
This animal has sharp claws and teeth that help it catch and eat prey.
What is a lion?
A chameleon changes its skin color to help it blend in with its surroundings. What adaptation is this?
What is camouflage?
This animal has large ears that help release body heat in the hot desert.
What is a fennec fox?
This is what bears do during winter when they become less active to save energy.
What is hibernation?
A bird has a long, thin beak that helps it reach nectar inside flowers. How does this adaptation help it?
It helps the bird reach and collect nectar for food.
This animal has webbed feet that help it swim through water.
What is a duck?
This animal has black and white stripes that can make it difficult for predators to identify one zebra in a moving herd.
What is a zebra?
This animal has blubber that helps it stay warm in the cold ocean.
What is a seal?
This animal squirts dark ink into the water to confuse predators and escape.
What is an octopus?
Why does a polar bear have white fur instead of dark brown fur?
White fur helps it blend into snowy surroundings.
This Arctic animal has thick fur and a layer of fat to help it stay warm in freezing temperatures.
What is a polar bear?
This insect looks like a stick or branch to avoid being noticed by predators.
What is a stick insect?
This animal has wide feet that help it walk across snowy and icy environments.
What is a polar bear?
This animal plays dead when it feels threatened by a predator.
What is an opossum?
A duck has webbed feet, but an eagle has sharp talons. Why do these birds have different adaptations?
They have different adaptations because they need to survive in different ways and environments.
This animal uses its long, sticky tongue to catch insects for food.
What is an anteater?
A snowshoe hare's fur changes from brown in the summer to white in the winter. Why is this helpful?
What is camouflage in different seasons?
Why do fish have gills instead of lungs like humans?
What are gills that allow fish to take oxygen from water?
Some animals are active at night instead of during the day. What is this type of adaptation called?
What is being nocturnal?
Imagine an animal lives in a very cold environment. Explain two adaptations it might need to survive there.
Answers may include thick fur, blubber, small ears to reduce heat loss, or behaviors such as huddling together.