Physical Adaptations
Behavioral Adaptations
Animal Survival
Animal Adaptations
Vocabulary
100
A bird's __________ is adapted to its habitat and food source
What is beak
100
An animal can learn this by watching its parents? a. a reflex b. an instinct c. a behavior d. a physical adaptation
c. a behavior
100
Why do many plant and 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
What is a. they cannot adapt to their changing environment
100
A change in the basic makeup of the genes in a cell.
What is mutation
100
An inherited behavior that animals just know how to do?
What is instinct
200
Give an example of a physical adaptation.
What is Examples may include camouflage and mimicry
200
Reading is what kind of behavior? a. learned behavior b. inherited behavior c. reflex behavior d. none of these
What is a. learned behavior
200
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
What is b. learn a new behavior to defend themselves
200
A ____________helps plants shed water quickly. a. leaf b. stem c. drip tip
What is a drip tip
200
What is an organism? Give an example.
What is a living thing, such as a person or plant
300
Name one physical adaptation a dolphin has made to survive in its environment?
What is the location of its blow hole.
300
An inherited behavior the animals just know. a. extinction b. adaptation c. instinct
What is c. What is instinct?
300
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
What is d. Survival of the Fittest
300
________________is an adaptation that helps us stay cool
What is sweating
300
The natural conditions and environment in which a plant or animal lives?
What is habitat
400
Give three examples of human adaptations. Choose one and describe how this adaptation makes people's lives better?
What is 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, and we use tools to help us communicate, travel, make food, eat, and build shelter.
400
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
What is c. behavior inherited from its parents
400
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
What is d. all of the above are possible
400
To change parts of the body and behavior to match changes in the environment
What is to adapt
400
Passed on from parent to child a. inherited b. learned behavior c. extinct
What is inherited
500
A physical adaptation that giraffes have made to survive.
What is longer necks?
500
A way of reacting to a certain set of circumstances?
What is behavior?
500
An automatic response.
What is a reflex?
500
When a plant or animal does not adapt to their environment, it may die out or no longer exist. This is called ___________.
What is extinction?
500
Generations are all the organisms of a species born around the same _________.
What is time?
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