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Metamorphosis
Animals
Adaptations
100

This is a hard skeleton on the outside of an animal's body.

What is an exoskeleton?

100

This metamorphosis has only 3 stages

Incomplete metamorphosis

100
When a tadpole grows into an adult, how does it's source of breathing change?
They lose their gills and develop lungs to breathe. 
100

Sea urchins have spines, what is the reason for this adaptation?

For Protection

200

What does an internal skeleton do?

Supports the body

200

This metamorphosis has 4 stages

What is complete metamorphosis?

200

During Incomplete Metamorphosis, what is the difference between the nymph and the adult?

The nymph doesn't have wings. 

200

If an animal has an adaptation that gives them webbed feet, how can this help them survive an environment that is mostly covered in water?

Webbed-feet can help the animal swim faster and further in water than an animal that does not have webbed-feet
300

A characteristic that increases an organism's chance to survive is called...

Adaptation

300

What is the larva called in an incomplete metamorphosis?

A nymph

300

During what stage does a caterpillar enter the cocoon?

The Pupa stage
300

A squirrel that lives in the desert that has a bigger and bushier tale than his friends, how can this mutation help him survive in the desert?

It can provide the squirrel with shade to cool him off 

400

The predictable order of changes in communities after a change occurs is called what?

Succession

400

List the animals that go through complete metamorphosis

butterflies, ants, bees, flies, and beetles

400
The sword-billed hummingbird has an enormously long beak, name a positive reason how this adaptation can help it survive in the wild?

It can help reach food in flowers that his higher up, that most other hummingbirds can not reach. 

400

Tree frogs have an adaptation that allows them to change their colors in the wild, how can this adaptation help them survive?

It can help them survive by blending in with their surroundings to make it harder for predators to see them.
500

A ghost crab knows to burrow itself into the ground to hide from predators, is this an example of a learned behavior or an instinct?

An Instinct

500

What animals develop through metamorphosis?

frogs, toads, salamanders

500

camels usually have 1-2 humps, if a camel has a mutation that allows them to have 3humps, how can this mutation help them survive in the wild?

Having 3 humps will allow the camel to store more water, allowing it to survive longer in a desert climate before finding more water.