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What is a change that helps an organism survive in an environment?
Adaptation
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What is an example of a behavioral adaptation?
Possible answers: migration, hibernation, alarm signaling, living/hunting in packs
Why are the leaves of plants on the rainforest floor much wider than those found higher up?
To get more sunlight
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An animal that has smooth, moist skin, lives near water and lays eggs is classified as what kind of animal?
Amphibian
Some seeds have structures like wings or fluff that help them float in the wind. How would this help the seed?
Seed dispersal
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What are actions that allow an organism to survive?
Behavioral adaptations
What is an example of physical adaptation?
Possible answers: webbed feet, feathers, fur/skin change, sharp claws/talons, etc.
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What is an example of an adaptation that would allow an animal to survive during seasonal changes?
Possible answers: Change of fur or skin color, hibernation, migration
Which type of animal has fur or hair, breathes with lungs, has live babies and nurses its young?
Mammals
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The apple snail has both gills and a lung. How might this help the apple snail have a better chance of survival?
Its range for finding is expanded.
What are body parts that allow an animal to survive
Physical adaptations
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What adaptation allows mangrove trees to survive in its environment?
Roots that filter out the salt from the salt water
Why do alligators dig deep holes in the wetlands during the dry season?
To stay cool and moist
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Which type of animal has dry scaly skin, mostly lays eggs, and are cold blooded?
Reptiles
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Hypothesis: Planting zinnias around tomato plants will decrease the amount of pests that eat the tomato plants. What is an example of an observation that would prove this?
Counting the pests before planting the flowers and then counting the pests after planting the flowers. Then comparing the data.
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What is it called when animals move from one area to another in search of food and water?
Migration
What is “looking and sounding like another animal” called?
Mimicry
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What physical adaptation helps an eagle survive?
Possible answers: keen eyesight, sharp talons, strong beak
Which type of animal has a backbone?
Vertebrate
In a certain environment, there were green-colored or brown-colored beetles. Due to a change in the environment, the green-colored beetles have become more visible and heavily hunted by other animals. Because of this, what will most likely happen to this beetle population?
The green beetle population will decrease and the brown beetle populations will increase.
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What is it called when animals go into a deep, inactive sleep during winter?
Hibernation
What is “an inactive state in plants during the winter” called?
Dormancy
Because of warmer global temperatures, a particular species of mosquito has begun to reproduce earlier in the year for a longer period of time. What best describes this change in the life cycle of the mosquito?
The mosquito has adapted to environmental change.
Which type of animal has scales, breathes with gills, mostly lays eggs, and is cold blooded?
Fish
There are two plants: one produces seeds inside a fruit, and the other produces spores on the underside of its leaves. How would you classify these plants, and what is the main difference between them?
The one with seeds = flowering
The one with spores = non-flowering