Adaptations
Adaptations
Adaptations
Adaptations
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
100
Cats gain skills by _______ from their mother.
What is LEARNING
100
Neighborhood dogs have developed the ____ o knocking over my garbage cans looking for food.
What is HABIT
100
Praying mantis have a ___ for hunting other insects.
What is INSTINCT.
100
What are rodents? Also give 2-3 examples.
What is FURRY MAMMALS WITH CONTIOUSLY GROWING FRONT TEETH.
100
What does it mean if an animal is a vertebrate?
What is IT HAS A SPINE OR BACKBONE.
200
Birds with brown feathers are adapted for _________.
What is FORESTS.
200
Birds with white feathers are adapted for ______.
What is OPEN AREAS LIKE OVER WATER.
200
Would a fast fish or slow fish survive a predator better? Explain.
What is a fast fish. the could escape the predator by swimming away quickly.
200
How many stages are in an incomplete metamorphosis?
What is 3 EGG - NYMPH - ADULT. There are no larval or pupa stage.
200
What is an invertebrate?
What is AN ANIAML WITHOUT A BACKBON OR SPIN.
300
What would happen to plants and animal in an area of forest that suddenly became flooded or had a wild fire?
What is most plants and some animals may die and other animals would have to migrate to find new home.
300
Mr. Wallace wanted to find out which birds liked bird seeds the most. He put out some seed and recorded data as birds came to feed. 4 different birds came to feed the same amount of times. The results were inconclusive. What should Mr. Wallace do now?
What is REPEAT HIS TRIALS SEVERAL TIMES.
300
Charley was eating grapes one Sunday afternoon. What is one observation he could make about the grapes.
What is THEY ARE GREEN. Other acceptable answers include any observation that is a fact about grapes.
300
What do animals do t survive a COLD winter? There are 3 right answers Answers right: 1 = 100 points 2 = 200 points 3 = 300 points
What is MIGRATE: go somewhere that is warm, HIBERNATE: Sleep through the winter, or STORE FOOD: ground animals that stay in their homes for the winter will store enough food to survive.
300
Which one does not belong in the vertebrate family? Snake - Lobster - Turtle - Human
What is LOBSTER. Shellfish have exoskeletons and no bones what so ever :)
400
In order for scientists to accept your findings they must...
What is BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THE SAME EXPERIMENT AND GET THE SAME RESULTS.
400
Mr. Wallace studying the behavior of animals in a pet store. What would be a good control group for his experiment?
What is ANIMALS IN THE WILD.
400
If you were trying to find out how many kids were born in Florida in 2015 would you check government records or count them on your own? EXPLAIN.
What is CHECK GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Doing it any other way would take too long. There are hundreds of thousands of babies born in Florida every year. (on average there are 214,000 babies born in Florida every year)
400
What would be a inherited trait that a baby flower gets from a parent flower?
What is PETAL SHAPE, SIZE, AND/OR COLOR.
400
Which one does not belong in the invertebrate family? Shrimp - Octopus - Alligator - Crab
What is ALLIGATOR.
500
Mr. Wallace thinks that birds only eat worms. He kept track of a group of birds for 30 days and recorded when they would eat worms. How is his investigation different than an experiment?
What is IT HAD NO CONTROL GROUP.
500
Is the life cycle of a mosquito complete or incomplete?
What is COMPLETE, IT HAS 4 STAGES, EGG - LARVA -PUPA- ADULT and the presence of the larval pupa stages.
500
Why do animals migrate. List 3.
What is FOOD, SHELTER, MATING, WARMTH
500
There are white and black snails living along an ocean shore on rocks. What would happen to a population of white snails if all of the rocks in a areas suddenly turned black?
What is THEY WOULD START GETTING EATEN BY PREDATORS MORE THAN THE BLACK SNAILS BCAUSE THEY WOULD STAND OUT MORE.
500
Place the following animals in the correct animal classes. Fish - Bird - Mammal - Reptile - Amphibian Animals: Human, Shark, Whale, Hawk, Chameleon, Frog
What is: Human and Whale = mammal Shark = fish Hawk = bird Chameleon = reptile Frog = amphibian
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