Scientific Skills
Behavioral Adaptations
Physical Adaptations
Life Cycle
Random
100
Uses the five senses to collect information about the environment
Observation
100
The way an animal acts to help them survive
Behavioral Adaptations
100
are behaviors that help plants and animals survive in their surroundings
Adaptations
100
the stages of growth and development that a plant or animal goes through in its lifetime is called a
Life Cycle
100
A behavior that an animal or person is born knowing. They were never taught this?
Bonus 100 points for an example.
Learned behavior
-Migrating
-Hibernating
-swallowing your food
-breathing
200
is a guess about what will happen in the future based on your background knowledge, observations, and measurements.
Prediction
200
Some animals do this during the winter when food is harder to find
Hibernate
Bears hibernate in caves and hole where they will be safe while they sleep.
200
are parts of an organism’s body that help them survive
Physical Adaptations
200
A repeated pattern is called a
A. Pattern
B. Cycle
C. Rhythm
B. Cycle
200
When an animal or person is taught this behavior is is called a _______ behavior
Bonus 100 points if you can give an example.
Learned behavior
-talking
-writing
-hunting
-training a dog
300
Meteorologists forecasting that it will snow is an example of a observation or predication
Predication
300
Animals _____ to a warmer climate with a greater food supply.
Migrate
-a behavioral adaptation
300
When an animal blends in with its surroundings
Camouflage
- a type of physical adaptation
300
Which is an example of a life cycle?
A. Summer, winter, fall, spring
B. Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult,
C. The moon cycle
B. Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult
The ladybug lifecycle
300
Question 1:The area an animal or plant lives is called
Question 2 A community of animals and plants that interact together in a specific environment
A. Habitat
B. Physical Adaptation
C. Ecosystem
Question 1: Habitat
Question 2: Ecosystem
400
a lady bug has 6 legs and is red is an example of a prediction or observation
Observation
400
When birds fly south for the winter to find warmer weather this is called?
Migration
400
When an animal looks like another animal
Mimicry
- a physical adaptation
400
When an animal such as a ladybug or butterfly undergo a change in form it is called
Metamorphosis
400
What is the best habitat for a polar bear?
A. aquatic ecosystem
B. Forest
C. Polar
C. Polar
500
The person who studies insects is called an entomologist or an insectologist
Entomologist
500
What type of adaptation is hibernation, migration, and instinct behaviors?
Bonus 100 points for an example of any of these three.
Behavioral adaptation
500
What type of adaptation allows walking stick insects to blend in with its environment?
Physical adaptation
-camouflage
500
What is the correct order of a ladybugs lifecycle
A. Egg>larva>Adult>Pupa
B. Egg>Larva>Pupa>Adult
B. Egg> Larva>Pupa>Adult
500
What type of adaptation is a puffer fish puffing up when it is threatened?
Behavioral adaptation