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Animal Adaptations Test
1. Hibernation is when:
a. animals travel long distances with other animals of the same
species
b. animals live off stored food and go in a deep sleep during the
winter
c. animals are capable of blending in with their environments
d. animals adapt to their environments
2. Why do storks (type of bird) have long beaks?
a. to spit at their predators
b. to drink water from a pond
c. in order to defend themselves
d. in order to catch fish
3. Migration is when:
a. animals blend in with their environments
b. animals adapt to their environments
c. animals travel long distances with other animals of the same
species
d. animals live off stored food
4. Why do puffer fish blow up with air to make themselves bigger?
a. to attract their mates
b. to help their young find their parents
c. to scare predators away
d. to float to the surface
5. Why do camels voluntarily close their nostrils?
a. to prevent themselves from sneezing
b. to hold their breath for fun
c. to digest their food
d. to prevent sand from going up their nose
6. Mimicry is when:
a. animals blend in with their environment
b. animals adapt to their environments
c. animals travel long distances with their families
d. animals imitate other animals or objects in their environment
7. Why is a cheetah long and skinny?
a. so the cheetah can walk quietly
b. because it hardly ever eats food
c. so it can run fast to catch its prey
d. to hide more easily from its predators
8. Why are polar bears white?
a. because it is their favorite color
b. because they want to lose their cubs
c. so that they can blend in with their environments
d. because they wish they were snowmen
9. Camouflage is:
a. when animals act like other animals so that they will survive
b. when animals blend in with their environments in order to hide
from their predators
c. when animals travel long distances with their families
d. the process in which animals digest their food
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c.
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Why do giraffes have long necks?
to help digest their food
in order to reach down and eat insects off the ground
to breathe cooler air
to reach the leaves off of trees
a.
b.
c.
d.
An example of mimicry is when:
A bug looks like a butterfly so that it will not get eaten by a bird
A cheetah blends in with its environment
elephants travel with other elephants
a hippo fights off its predator
a.
b.
c.
d.
Why does a monkey have long arms?
so that it can pick the bugs off
so that it can hold more than one baby at a time
so that it can swing from branch to branch
so that it can attract mates
a.
b.
c.
d.
Why do rabbits have good hearing?
to smell carrots
to smell their prey
to listen for their young
to listen for nearby predators
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Which of the following is not an example of a behavioral
adaptation?
a beaver having large, pointed teeth
birds eating more in the winter
bears hibernating in the winter
animals traveling or migrating in herds
a.
b.
c.
d.
An example of a structural adaptation is:
birds migrating south for the winter
bears hibernating in the summer
an insect looking like a leaf
a spider spinning a web
a.
b.
c.
d.
Characteristics are:
the way an animal mimics another another
the way an animal blends in with its environment
special features animal possess
the ways in which animals live in their habitats
a.
b.
c.
d.
What is an organism that is eaten or preyed upon called?
prey
a predator
species
an organism
a.
b.
c.
d.
What are the normal weather conditions in particular area
referred to as?
weather
climate
environment
continent
a.
b.
c.
d.
An organism that eats other organisms is considered what?
prey
species
an organism
a predator
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What is the definition of behavioral adaptation?
an adaptation that serves as a physical trait
the adaptation of an animal to its environment
the ability of animals to travel long distances
the actions animals perform in order to survive in their
environment