Vocabulary
Animal Adaptations:
Body Parts
Animal Adaptations:
Behaviors
More Body Parts
More Behaviors
100
What do you call everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds and affects an animal?
Environment
100
What do you call a body part or behavior that helps an animal meet its need in its environment?
Adaptation
100
What do you call behavior that an animal begins life with?
Instinct
100
What type of beak does a bird have that eats meat?
Sharp, curved beak
100
What does an animal need to do to prepare to hibernate?
Eat a lot, grow thicker fur, prepare its shelter
200
What do you call the average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years?
Climate
200
What do you call an animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings?
Camouflage
200
What do you call the movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again?
Migration
200
What kind of feet do some birds have to swim in the water?
Webbed, wide feet
200
What happens to an animal during hibernation?
Slower heartbeat, slower breathing, lower temperature, loses weight
300
What do you call the gas in the air that animals need to breathe?
Oxygen
300
What do you call an adaptation in which an animal looks very much like another animal to protect itself?
Mimicry
300
What do you a period when an animal goes into a long, deep "sleep?"
Hibernation
300
Name a body covering an animal has to keep it warm.
Fur
300
Name the 5 things animals need to survive.
Food, water, shelter, the right climate, and oxygen
400
What do you call a place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather?
Shelter
400
Give an example of an animal using mimicry.
What is when a viceroy butterfly looks like a Monarch butterfly so a bird thinks it tastes badly.
400
Name an example of an animal instinct.
Migration, hibernation, baby grabbing person's finger, etc.
400
What kind of beak do birds that drink nectar have?
A long, narrow, straw-like beak
400
How are migration and hibernation similar?
They are both adaptations, are both instincts, both help animals survive, etc.
500
What do you call the process of change from an egg to an adult?
Metamorphosis
500
Give an example of an animal that uses camouflage.
Snowshoe hare, chameleon, lion, zebra, leopard, octopus, sea slug, etc.
500
Name an example of an animal learned behavior.
Hunting prey, learning sounds, talking, walking, respectfulness, obedience, etc.
500
How is metamorphosis different from the development of a baby mammal?
Baby mammals are born looking like their parents and metamorphosis is the change from an egg to an adult when the baby looks nothing like the adult.
500
Would an animal survive if it is moved out of its natural environment?
No, animals are adapted to certain environments and by moving the animals may not adapt to the new environment therefore they could get sick or die OR another answer with a good defense that can be correct
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