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Bird Adaptations
Animal Adaptations
Fish Adaptations
Plant Adaptations
Snake Adaptations
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What is an Eagle's beak used for?
tearing flesh
100
Where does the Burmese Python live?
The swamps and jungles of the tropics
100
Why do some fish blend in with their environments?
To avoid being eaten
100
What biome has a hot, dry climate and recieves very little rainfall?
Desert
100
What do snakes use their forked tongues for?
To smell their prey
200
What would a scoop-like lower jaw be used for?
Scooping up fish and sea animals
200
How is an American Alligator adapted to see underwater?
They have double eye-lids
200
True or false Some fish use bright colors to attract mates
true
200
What is the permanently frozen layer of soil called?
Permafrost
200
Why do some snakes have venom?
to defend themselves
300
What is a Brown Creeper's beak used for?
To get under the bark of trees for insects
300
What is the California King Snake immune to?
The venom of the Rattlesnake
300
Where do most luminescent fish live?
In the mid-ocean or ocean floor
300
What is the benefit of a tree being tall in the rainforest?
So it can get more sunlight
300
Why can some snakes unhitch their lower jaw?
to swallow large prey
400
Does a Heron have a long beak or a short beak?
Long
400
What does the snow leopard have on the bottom of its feet to protect it from freezing.
They have pads on the bottom of their feet
400
What bone structure do most fish use to deliver their venom?
a spine
400
What biome has mostly conifers as its plant population?
Taiga
400
How does backwards-facing teeth benefit some snakes?
animals that they bite cannot escape
500
What type of bird has a flat beak that is used for catching fish and draining water?
Duck
500
What covers the beaver's eyes, nose valves, and ear valves when it goes under water?
membranes
500
Elasmobrachs possess an electric sense organ known as...
the ampullae of Lorenzini
500
List all 8 biomes.
Desert, grassland, tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, temperate deciduous forest, tundra, taiga, in water.
500
What is one adaptation that allows snakes to sneak up on their prey?
smooth scales