Quiz: Everything About Animal Adaptations
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- 1.An adaptation is:
- A.
A place where an organism lives.
- B.
A characteristic that improves the organism's ability to survive.
- C.
A stage in an animal's life cycle.
- D.
A characteristic the prevents an organism's ability to survive.
- 2.A place where an organism or group of organisms live and obtain food, air, water, shelter or space, or light needed to survive is called _________________________.
- A.
A habitat
- B.
A metamorphosis
- C.
An adaptation
- D.
Locomotion
- 3.Some animals begin as an egg and then undergo changes in their life cycle, such as in appearance, color, shape, or growth of new structures. This is called _____________________.
- A.
Metamorphosis
- B.
Adaptation
- C.
Birth
- D.
Camouflage
- 4."Egg -- larva -- pupa -- adult" is one example of the stages of metamorphosis.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Some animals have special adaptations for living in their particular habitat. For example, in a cold habitat animals may have ________________.
- A.
Blubber
- B.
Gills
- C.
Venom
- D.
Wings
- 6.Nocturnal animals ___________________.
- A.
Seek food during the day
- B.
Sleep during the night
- C.
Sleep during the day
- D.
Do not sleep
- 7.In habitats where food is scarce (little to be found), some animals may have long necks to obtain food or special storage structures for food and water.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.One reason an animal may be nocturnal is the temperature in his habitat during the day is cold.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Which is NOT an example of an animal's behavioral adaptation?
- A.
Taking flight
- B.
Mimicry
- C.
Playing dead
- D.
Claws
- 10.Hibernation is a resting state that helps animals survive in the summer heat.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.During hibernation, what does NOT occur?
- A.
The animal eats a lot of food in the autumn months to store up fat.
- B.
Animals burrow in the ground or hide in dens to stay safe and warm.
- C.
Animals awaken in the spring.
- D.
The animal's breathing speeds up.
- 12.Migration is:
- A.
The movement of animals over the same route at different times of the year.
- B.
A form of locomotion.
- C.
The movement of animals over the same route in the same season each year.
- D.
A resting state that helps animals survive in the winter months.
- 13.Migration allows animals to take advantage of resources like food or water in one location when they run low in another location.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Which is NOT an example of locomotion?
- A.
Swinging on vines
- B.
Migration
- C.
Hopping
- D.
Crawling
- 15.
- 16.A color or pattern that allows an animal to blend into its environment is called _____________________.
- A.
Migration
- B.
A behavioral adaptation
- C.
Metamorphosis
- D.
Camouflage
- 17.One advantage to camouflage is that it allows the animal to more easily sneak up on its prey.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Organisms survive in habitats where their basic needs are met. Name the 5 basic needs:
- 19.If animals cannot adapt to changes in their environment, what is likely to happen?
- A.
Extinction
- B.
Locomotion
- C.
Metamorphosis
- D.
Hibernation
- 20.Changes in a habitat can affect the survival of an animal. Name 3 natural changes that can occur in an animal's habitat that will affect them?
- 21.Humans can also affect an animal's habitat by doing things such as clearing land or building.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.A food chain:
- A.
Is a model showing the way energy is passed from one organism to another.
- B.
Is a model showing no more than three organisms.
- C.
Is an interlocking device used to keep animals in their cages.
- D.
Contains over ten types of organisms.
- 23.Food chains contain three types of organisms. Which one is NOT part of the food chain?
- A.
Producers
- B.
Carpenters
- C.
Consumers
- D.
Decomposers
- 24.The producers are the first organisms listed in a food chain, which include any green plant which uses sunlight to make food.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Which type of organism in a food chain gets its energy by eating other live plants or animals?
- A.
Consumers
- B.
Decomposers
- C.
Producers
- D.
Carpenters
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