Physical Adaptations
A bird's __________ adapts to its habitat and food source
Beak
An animal can learn this by watching its parents?
a. reflex
b. instinct
c. behavior
d. physical adaptation
c. behavior
Why do many animal species become extinct?
a. they cannot adapt to their changing environment
b. they choose a bad adaptation
c. they develop behavioral adaptations but not physical adaptations
a. they cannot adapt to their changing environment
A change in the basic makeup of the genes in a cell.
a mutation
What is an inherited behavior that animals just know how to do?
instinct
Give an example of a physical adaptation.
Camouflage
Reading is what kind of behavior?
a. learned behavior
b. inherited behavior
c. reflex behavior
d. none of these
a. learned behavior
Suppose a new predator was introduced into an environment. Which of the following would most likely happen first to the prey animals? They would _________.
a. develop a physical adaptation to defend themselves
b. learn a new behavior to defend themselves
c. become predators
b. learn a new behavior to defend themselves
What is sweating?
An adaptation that helps us stay cool
What is an organism? Give an example.
A living thing, such as a person or plant
Name one physical adaptation a dolphin has made to survive in its environment?
The location of its blow hole.
An inherited behavior the animals just know.
a. extinction
b. adaptation
c. instinct
c. What is instinct?
What does it mean to adapt?
To change parts of the body and behavior to match changes in the environment
What is a habitat?
The natural conditions and environment in which a plant or animal lives?
Give an example of human adaptations.
Choose one and describe how this adaptation makes people's lives better?
Bonus points for multiple
examples could include:
sweating to keep cool
shivering to stay warm
using opposable thumbs for grabbing tools
eyelashes keep dirt out of our eyes
read and write to communicate
we use tools to help us communicate, travel, make food, eat, and build shelter.
When a salmon swims upstream to lay its eggs it is using its instinct. What does instinct mean?
a. no longer in existence
b. behavior learned from watching others
c. behavior inherited from its parents
d. common sense
c. behavior inherited from its parents
If the climate in an environment gradually gets much warmer over 500,000 years what would happen to the animals there?
a. they will develop a physical adaptation to adjust to the new climate
b. they will learn a new behavior to adjust to the new climate
c. they will move to an area with a different climate
d. all of the above are possible
d. all of the above are possible
What is extinction?
When an animal does not adapt to their environment, it may die out or no longer exist.
What does inherited mean?
Passed on from parent to child
A physical adaptation that giraffes have made to survive.
a longer necks?
What is behavior?
A way of reacting to a certain set of circumstances?
Charles Darwin was a naturalist famous for which rule of nature?
a. Every Living Thing Adapts
b. Only the Strong Shall Survive
c. Life Will Find a Way
d. Survival of the Fittest
d. Survival of the Fittest
Bonus question:
What is Mr Parker's favourite adaptation?
Webbed feet. I wish I could swim faster.
Generations are all the organisms of a species born around the same _________.
time