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Adaptations
Vocabulary
Environment Affects Traits
Organisms Succeed in Environments
Environments Changing
100
What physical adaptation do parrots have and why?
Strong wings to fly from tree to tree
100
The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive
Habitat
100
This is made up of all the living and non-living things that affect an organism
Environment
100
Why does living in a group help animals survive? (Three possible answers - Triple points if you get all 3)
Protection


Coping with Change


Hunting

100
What causes a forest fire to happen? (NOT BECAUSE OF A CAMPFIRE)
Lightening strikes the ground when it is very dry
200
What is a behavioral adaptation?
How the animal acts
200
All of the members of a certain kind of plant or animal in an environment
Population
200
Something flowers can inherit from their parent
Petal color
200
Wolves travel in packs to help them do what?
Hunt
200
Name a natural change in an environment.
Volcano erupting


Beavers building a dam


Drought



300
An octopus can change shape and color. This is an example of what?
Camouflage
300
A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive
Adaptation
300
Flamingos that live in the wild eat lots of shrimp and algae. What happens because of this?
Their feathers turn pink
300
The male bowerbird did something to his nest to attract a female. What was it?
Used colorful pieces of plastic and other objects to make his nest stand out
300
Name a change to the environment that were caused by humans
Building homes


Man-made dam



400
This flying insect mimics another insect so it does not get eaten by predators
Viceroy Butterfly mimics the Monarch Butterfly
400
An adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings
Camouflage
400
A plant has leaves that turn yellow. What caused this?
The plant did not get enough light
400
Behaviors and physical _____________ help animals succeed in their environment.
Traits
400
What happened to the salmon that tried to go back to their habitat to lay eggs?
A dam was built by humans, so they cannot get back to their nesting place. Their population will decrease
500
What two things protect a cactus from being eaten by animals? 
Spines and Waxy Skin (1/2 points if you got one correct)
500
An adaptation that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another type of plant or animal
Mimicry
500
What is one way people are affected by their environment?
People who are outside in sunny weather may get sunburned. (OTHER ANSWERS ARE POSSIBLE)
500

Describe the differences between the two jaguars we learned about and how these differences help them survive

Black jaguar - makes them harder to see in the shadows


Tan jaguar - spots helps them blend into the grasslands

500
When humans grow plants that are not native to an area, what could happen?
The plant takes over the area and kills the other plants that were there first (invasive species)