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Physical adaptations like thorns, poison glands, stingers, good eyesight and good hearing can help an organism survive because they do this.

What is protect the organism from predators.

100
This is the reason some animals go into a long, deep sleep for the winter.
What is to live on the stored fat from food they ate to survive the long winter?
100

A snake is born knowing how to shed its skin. This type of behavior is known as what?

What is instinct?

100

Place that an organism lives that has all the resources (food, water, and shelter) needed for survival.

What is a habitat?

100

A pack of wolves is an example of this part of an environment.

What is a population?

200

This is a physical adaptation in which an animal mimics or looks like another animal.

What is mimicry?

200
These are two animals that hibernate.
What are bears/bats/chipmunks/snakes/turtles?
200

Mother birds teach their baby birds how to fly. This is known as what type of behavior?

What is learned behavior?

200

All the populations that live and interact in an area

What is a community?

200

A limiting factor that keeps more trees from growing in a rainforest.

What is amount of sunlight reaching the forest floor?

300
Name one animal that uses camouflage to help them blend in with their environment.
What is a katydid/beaver/deer/snow bunny/owl/?
300
True or false: animals need less food when they are hibernating.
What is true?
300

Turtles lay their eggs in the sand on the beach. They do not stay there to raise their young. The baby turtles hatch and go straight toward the sea. What type of behavior is this?

What is instinct or life cycle?

300

Three examples of abiotic factors.

What are water/soil/climate/rock/light/air/nutrients?

300

An arctic hare changes color from brown to white in the fall and back to brown in the spring.  This physical adaptation is called this.

What is camouflage?

400

A reason why an animal would exhibit mimicry

What is to look like a bigger or more dangerous animal?

400
Some animals travel to find more food or a better place to live. Name this process.
What is migration?
400

Animals, such as owls, have a behavioral adaptation for being active during the night, so that they can find food and avoid predators.  What is this behavior called?

What is nocturnal?

400

When an organism is really specific in its needs, like only eating one type of food, its role in the habitat can be described with this term.

What is narrow niche?

400

A plant adaptation that can help it survive and make more of its species.

What is attracting pollinators with flowers/scents

or dispersing a lot of seeds

or protection from predators, like thorns or toxins?

500
I am a large, white predator. I blend in with snow and ice. I am not trying to protect myself because I am big and strong. Instead, I am trying to disguise myself to that my prey won't notice me before I attack.
What is a polar bear?
500

Adjective used to describe an animal that is active during the day.

What is diurnal?

500

White tailed deer are most active right around sunrise and sunset to avoid predators.  Being active during this time of day is referred to by this adjective.

What is crepuscular?

500

There tends to be a high level of diversity in ecosystems near the equator for this reason.

What is because warm climates with at least average rainfall can provide resources for a wide range of species?

500

Two functions of physical adaptations that can help the organism survive in its environment

What are protection/hiding/getting food/scaring away predators?