Vocabulary
A body part that helps an animal meet its needs.
What is structural adaptation?
What is the relationship between a frog and a fly?
What is predator to prey?
To find food and a warmer/colder climate.
What are two reasons animals migrate?
Fur color, tongues, and teeth help animals survive in their environment.
What are structural adaptations?
An adaptation in which an animal looks like something in its environment. An example is the stick bug.
What is Protective Resemblance
A period when an animal goes into a long, deep "sleep" when it is cold.
What is hibernation?
Why do animals need to adapt?
What is to survive?
A trait that you received from your parents when you are born - blinking is an example
What is innate behaviors?
An animal's color or pattern help it blend in with its surroundings.
What is Protective Coloration or Camouflage?
A transfer of a signal from one animal to another that results in some type of response is known as:
What is communication?
Migrating is this type of behavior.
What is instinctive, innate or seasonal behavior?
A characteristic that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
What is adaptation. (can be behavioral or structural)
The flat teeth found along the sides of the mouth.
What are molars?
A lion teaching its cub to hunt is an example of what survival behavior:
What is parenting
Two ways an animal prepares for hibernation.
What is eating extra food and finding shelter?
A period of reduced activity when it is cold out.
What is hibernation?
To stay alive, an animal must avoid being eaten, find food, water and shelter. What type of behavior is this?
What is Survival Behavior?
Sharp front teeth used by meat eating animals used to tear chunks of flesh.
What are incisors?
Behaviors that help animals adjust to their environment are known as:
What are seasonal behaviors?
The reason an animal needs little or no food.
What is drop in body temperature, breathing and heart rate?
In the Classification of Living Things chart, which category contains the most organisms and is very general:
What is Kingdom?