Animal Adaptations (Physical/Structural)
What type of beak is best for cracking seeds?
What is a strong, thick beak?
What is a behavior that animals are born knowing how to do?
What is instinctive behavior?
What part of a plant is often broad and flat to capture sunlight?
What are leaves?
What do animals compete for in their environment?
What is food, water, and space?
This word means any living thing, like a plant, animal, or human.
What is an organism?
What is the purpose of camouflage in animals?
What is to blend into their environment to avoid predators?
Give an example of an animal that migrates.
What is a bird, like a Canadian goose?
How can a plant's stem help it survive?
What is it supports the plant and transports nutrients?
How does weather affect animals?
What is it can cause them to hibernate or migrate?
This is when animals move from one place to another to find food or warmer weather.
What is migration?
Name a type of body covering that helps a penguin stay warm in cold water.
What is feathers?
What is hibernation?
What is a state of inactivity to survive cold months?
What is the role of roots in a plant?
What is to absorb water and nutrients?
What happens to leaves when there is less sunlight?
What is they may turn color and fall off?
This type of adaptation involves how an animal acts, such as hibernating or migrating.
What is a behavioral adaptation?
How do the feet of a bird help it in its habitat?
What is they are adapted for walking, swimming, or perching depending on the bird's needs?
Name a learned behavior in animals.
What is using tools?
How do adaptations in plants help them survive in deserts?
What is they may have thick skins and deep roots?
How do organisms respond when resources are limited?
What is they compete with each other?
This word describes when a species has completely disappeared and no longer exists.
What is extinct (or extinction)?
What is mimicry and how does it help animals survive?
What is when an animal resembles another species to avoid predators?
What combination of behaviors do animals that hunt use?
What is both inherited and learned behaviors?
How do plant adaptations vary in rainforests compared to deserts?
What is rainforest plants have broad leaves to capture light, while desert plants may have thick leaves to retain water?
How does the environment impact animal behavior?
What is it influences their ability to find food, shelter, and mates?
These two physical and behavioral tricks help animals hide or look like something else to survive.
What are camouflage and mimicry?