Adaptations
Changing Environments
Vocabulary
Environments
100

An adaptation that helps a lion eat its food.

teeth

100

This happens when a coral reef is destroyed.

animals living there might not survive

100

A living thing

organism

100

This environment is called the rainforest of the ocean.

coral reef

200

This animal's adaptation to survive is a long neck.

giraffe

200

This happens to animals when a forest fire changes their habitat.

they are forced to move or find new food

200

Living and nonliving things that surround an organism.

environment

200

This is a very hot and dry environment.

desert

300

An adaptation that a cheetah has to help it survive.

speed

300

This happens to flowers if all the bees died.

The flowers would not grow or reproduce.

300

Useful material found in the natural environment.

Natural resource

300

This environment is often very wet and warm.

rainforest

400

A rattlesnake has this adaptation to survive.

venom

400

A new plant takes over an environment killing all the other plants.

invasive species

400

A group of living things of the same kind.

species

400

Name one fast change to an environment.

answer will vary

500

The adaptation when animal can blend into their environment to survive. 

camouflage

500

Animals must change this when their environment has changed.

behavior

500

A behavior or body part of an organism that helps it survive and reproduce.

adaptation

500

Name one slow change to an environment.

Answer will vary