Adaptations
Definitions
Pics. Please
Behaviors & Traits
100
A polar bear covered in white fur that lives in the snow is an example of what adaptation?
What is camouflage?
100
An adaptation that helps organisms blend into its environment are called...
What is camouflage?
100
This is an example of what adaptation?
What is mimicry?
100
A trait passed down from a parent to their offspring is called...
What is an inherited trait?
200
True or False...
Adaptations do NOT help organisms with safety and protect them from weather
FALSE
200
A feature of a living thing is called...
Example: hair or eye color
What is a trait?
200
This an example of what adaptation?
What is camouflage?
200
People and animals learning a new skill over time is called...
What is a learned trait?
300
A skunk spraying a stinky chemical is an example of what adaptation?
What is defense?
300
An adaptation that one organism looks like another is as example of...
What is mimcry?
300
What adaptation all of these animals have in common?
They hibernate in the winter.
300
A set of actions that parents pass down to their offspring is called...
Example: A robin knowing how to make a nest...
What are inherited behaviors?
400
Animals that go into a deep sleep through the cold winter is an example of what adaptation?
What is hibernation?
400
What is the term for "animals that hunt at night"?
What is nocturnal?
400
Birds do this when the temperature is too cold... 
What is migration?
400
Give an example of a learned behavior...
Possible Answers:
- Sparrow eats birdseed from a feeder and then comes back another time to eat again.
- Coyote learning to hunt from their adult or pack
- Ducklings imitate their mother and learn how to eat and be safe.
500
Plants and animals both have adaptations to help them survive...
True or False
CHALLENGE** If true... Provide an example!
True
500
A structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment is called...
What is adaptation?
500
This spider is born knowing how to make its web. This an example of...
What is an instinct?
(Inherited behavior)
500
Give an example of an inherited trait...
Possible answers
-Apples make apple trees
- Brown hair like a parent