Animals
Plants
Vocabulary
Adaptations
Bonus
100
The characteristic that helps an Arctic bird blend into its environment to hide from its enemies.
What is white feathers?
100
The characteristic that helps dandelions spread around in the yard.
What is its light, fluffy seeds?
100
Helps plants and animals to survive and get the most out of their environment.
What is adaptation?
100
The type of color adaptation that causes an animal to blend into its environment for protection.
What is camaflogue?
100
Animals and plants require food, water, and a favorable climate.
What are basic needs?
200
The characteristic of the feet of an animal that lives in a water habitat.
What is webbed feet?
200
Ground-hugging, low-growing plants; red leaves to capture as much energy from the Sun as possible; fast growing plant: All of these are adaptations to help a plant grow in a particular biome.
What is a tundra?
200
It's the label that we give plants because they can make their own food.
What is a producer?
200
The type of color adaptation that is flashy and warns a predator to leave it alone.
What is warning coloration?
200
The habitat that an animal with thick fur and small ears is most suited for.
What is an iceberg?
300
Extremely long arms, strong hands, and a small body: These adaptations equip an animal to live in a certain habitat.
What is trees?
300
Waxy coatings, wide and shallow root systems, and many thorns.
What is the adaptations of a cactus to help it survive in a dry area?
300
An animal can use mimicry, camaflogue, herding, and body structure to survive.
What is protection?
300
The type of color adaptation that allows an animal to look like something else; for example a twig, to help it survive.
What is mimicry?
300
The adaptation of a bird's foot that helps it to grasp and hold its prey.
What is a claw?
400
The adaptation that allows a hummingbird to feed on the nectar inside the plant of a flower.
What is a long beak?
400
Part of the plant that serves two purposes: To absorb water and nutrients and to anchor the plant.
What is the root?
400
Running, galloping, waddling, swinging are all examples.
What is movement?
400
Herds staying together to survive, such as buffalo and antelope.
What is a herding instinct or behavioral adaptation?
400
Growing thick fur; hibernating, gathering and storing food..........all adaptations that help an animal survive in a certain climate.
What is cold winters?
500
The kind of bird that has a beak that can crack open hard seeds and cut off pieces of fruit.
What is a parakeet or tropical bird?
500
The part of the plant that is specialized for photosynthesis.
What is the leaf?
500
Converting energy from the Sun into food; plants can do this.
What is photosynthesis?
500
Beaver slapping its broad tail on the surface of the water or monkeys chattering.
What is a warning signal or a behavioral adaptation?
500
The mechanism for creating a new plant.
What is a seed?