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Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
An adaptation can include any special characteristic or skill that helps a living thing survive in its environment.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
A way an animal acts using instincts it is born with that helps it survive is a(n)
  1. inherited trait.
  2. inherited behavior.
  3. learned behavior.
  4. learned cycle.
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
Porcupines have sharp quills that the animal uses to
  1. find food.
  2. find water.
  3. protect itself.
  4. survive in its environment.
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
Deer antlers, octopus ink, and skunk spray are all adaptations for
  1. finding water.
  2. getting food.
  3. protection.
  4. surviving in the environment.
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
Anything that helps an organism survive in its environment is an adaptation.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
                       is the movement of animals to find food and reproduce in better conditions.                        is the period of inactivity during cold weather.
  1. Behavior; Hibernation
  2. Hibernation; Migration
  3. Migration; Hibernation
  4. Migration; Structure
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
A rainforest plant could survive in the same environment as a cactus.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
An inherited behavior that helps an organism survive is
  1. instinct.
  2. mimicry.
  3. learning.
  4. camouflage.
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
Hunting helps dragonflies survive. Any way that an animal interacts with its environment, such as hunting, is a                .
  1. variable
  2. climate
  3. hypothesis
  4. behavior
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
Which is NOT an example of an animal adaptation?
  1. white spots on a deer
  2. large beak and pouch of a pelican
  3. "walking stick's" ability to look like a twig
  4. little nubby tail of Doberman Pinscher
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
An example of protective coloration is an arctic fox with a white coat that blends with the snow in winter.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
What does a duck have as an adaptation to swim?
  1. webbed feet
  2. beak shaped like a pouch
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
The viceroy butterfly looks like the monarch butterfly. The monarch tastes terrible to birds, so birds will not take the chance and eat the viceroy. What is this kind of adaptation?
  1. mimicry
  2. camouflage
  3. hibernation
  4. migration
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
The main reason bears hibernate is to
  1. hide from predators.
  2. save energy during cold months when there is less food.
  3. give birth to their cubs.
  4. keep their bodies warmer during cold months.
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
Why must a bear hibernate in the winter?
  1. It is too cold for the bear to survive.
  2. The bear does not have enough blubber.
  3. The bear's food supply is very limited in winter.
  4. The bear is cold-blooded.
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
Natural fires are an important part of grassland ecosystems. Grass fires break down dead material, clear out shrubs, and cause some seeds to sprout. Why would it be a useful adaptation for a seed to need fire to sprout?
  1. It would prevent the plant from sprouting during the dry season.
  2. It would prevent the sprouting plant from ever getting burned by fire.
  3. It would ensure that the plant sprouted only during the snowy season.
  4. It would ensure that the area is clear of other types of plants when it sprouted.
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
A                 is any way that an animal interacts with its environment, such as dragonflies hunting to survive.
  1. variable
  2. climate
  3. hypothesis
  4. behavior
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
A polar bear could survive in the desert.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
Dogs bark at strangers to protect themselves and their pack. What kind of adaptation is barking?
  1. learned behavior
  2. instinct
  3. playful
  4. hibernation
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
What is instinct?
  1. behavior an animal inherits
  2. flow of energy through a community
  3. organism that eats other organisms
  4. description of an animal without a backbone
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