Adaptations
Definitions
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Behaviors & Traits
100

A polar bear covered in white fur that lives in the snow is an example of what adaptation?

What is camouflage? 

100

An adaptation that helps organisms blend into its environment are called...

What is camouflage? 

100

This is an example of what adaptation?

What is mimicry?

100

A trait passed down from a parent to their offspring is called... 

What is an inherited trait?

200

True or False...

Adaptations do NOT help organisms with safety and protect them from weather

FALSE

200

A feature of a living thing is called...


Example: hair or eye color

What is a trait?

200

This an example of what adaptation?

What is camouflage?

200

People and animals learning a new skill over time is  called... 

What is a learned trait?

300

A skunk spraying a stinky chemical is an example of what adaptation?

What is defense?

300

An adaptation that one organism looks like another is as example of... 

What is mimcry?

300

What adaptation all of these animals have in common?

They hibernate in the winter.

300

A set of actions that parents pass down to their offspring is called...


Example: A robin knowing how to make a nest...

What are inherited behaviors?

400

Animals that go into a deep sleep through the cold winter is an example of what adaptation?

What is hibernation?

400

What is the term for "animals that hunt at night"?

What is nocturnal?

400

Birds do this when the temperature is too cold... 

What is migration?

400

Give an example of a learned behavior...

Possible Answers:

- Sparrow eats birdseed from a feeder and then comes back another time to eat again.

- Coyote learning to hunt from their adult or pack

- Ducklings imitate their mother and learn how to eat and be safe.

500

Plants and animals both have adaptations to help them survive... 

True or False 

CHALLENGE** If true... Provide an example! 

True



500

A structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment is called... 

What is adaptation?

500

This spider is born knowing how to make its web. This an example of...

What is an instinct?

(Inherited behavior)

500

Give an example of an inherited trait...

Possible answers 

-Apples make apple trees

- Brown hair like a parent