Adaptations
What is an adaptation?
An adaptation is a trait that helps an organism survive.
What is hibernation?
To go into a deep, deep sleep?
What is migration?
The movement of animals from one region to another region.
What is molting?
When an animal sheds and grows their body coverings.
What is dormancy?
A state of rest.
a. survive
b. find food
c. build their home
a. survive
Why do animals hibernate?
To save thier energy.
Why do animals migrate?
To stay warm and to find food.
When and why do animals molt?
They molt when seasons change or as they grow, and to stay warm or cool.
Why do plants go dormant?
They go dormant for seasonal changes:
temperature and/or lack of water
Adaptations help an animal to __________?
a. migrate
b. go dormant
c. find mates
c. find mates
Which of the following animals hibernate?
a. cats
b. dogs
c. bears
c. bears
Which of the following animals migrates?
a. bear
b. cat
c. butterflies
d. wolf
c. butterflies
List 3 animals as examples that molt.
snakes, cat, dog, bison, bear
What are examples of dormancy?
leaves changing color or falling off
Adaptations help an animal to __________?
a. grow
b. find food
c. reproduce
c. reproduce
What are two other animals that hibernate?
a. cows
b. bats
c. birds
d. hedgehog
e. butterflies
b. bats
d. hedgehog
What are 3 other animals that migrate?
a. whales
b. mice
c. caribou
d. birds
e. dogs
f. horse
a. whales
c. caribou
d. birds
What is camouflage, and why do animals camouflage?
When animals blend into their surroundings, and to hide from predators or to hunt prey.
When do plants go dormant?
In the fall and winter
What are the 5 types of adaptations?
When do animals hibernate and why?
When do animals migrate?
They migrate in the fall and spring or before and after winter.
What two types of camouflage are there?
seasonal camouflage and lifelong camouflage
Do all plants go dormant in the winter? Why or why not?
Not all plants go dormant in the winter. It depends on the climate in which they grow naturally.