Animal and Plant Adaptations

Question 1

Define ‘environment’

Answer 1

everything in and around an area

Question 2

What is an ‘organism’?

Answer 2

an animal or plant or anything that is alive

Question 3

What are ‘basic needs’?

Answer 3

anything needed to survive

Question 4

Define ‘climate’

Answer 4

the general weather condition of a place

Question 5

What is an ‘adaptation’?

Answer 5

a characteristic that helps living things survive in their environment

Question 6

Define ‘structural adaptation’

Answer 6

An outward physical or bodily characteristic of an animal or plant that helps it adapt to its environment

Question 7

Give an example of a structural adaptation.

Answer 7

If you named something that is a part of the animal’s body or a part of the actual plant. . . YOU ARE CORRECT!!! An example: a duck’s webbed feet. The webbed feet help the duck move through the water and are a part of the duck’s body.

Question 8

Define ‘camouflage’

Answer 8

A adaptation that allows an organism to survive by allowing it to blend into its environment.

Question 9

Define ‘mimicry’

Answer 9

An adaptation that allows an organism to survive by allowing it to look very much like another object or organism.

Question 10

Define ‘behavioral adaptation’

Answer 10

The things an organism DOES to survive in its environment.

Question 11

Give an example of a behavioral adaptation.

Answer 11

If you named something an organism DOES. . . you are CORRECT!!! Examples are hibernation, skunks spraying a predator, bees stinging, opossums pretending to be dead, ivy climbing toward the sunlight

Question 12

Define ‘migration’

Answer 12

A survival behavior in which some animals move in response to changes in the environment

Question 13

Define ‘physiological adaptation’

Answer 13

An adaptation that results in automatic responses to the environment, such as change in heart rate or growth of fur or hair when the weather changes. This adaptation is not controlled by the animal or plant. GOD alone makes this happen.

Question 14

What type of environment would most likely have plants with spines, such as a cactus?

Answer 14

an environment that is hot and dry

Question 15

What type of environment would most likely have plants with flexible parts and air pockets to enable floating, such as a water lily?

Answer 15

an environment with a body of water, such as a lake or pond

Question 16

What type of environment would most likely have plants with large, wide leaves able to capture a large amount of sunlight?

Answer 16

an environment that gets very little sunlight

Question 17

What type of environment would most likely have plants and trees with waxy needles, such as a pine tree?

Answer 17

an environment that receives a large amount of snow

Question 18

What type of environment would most likely have plants with drip tips, so water could efficiently drain off the plant and leaves?

Answer 18

an environment that gets an extreme amount of water

Question 19

What type of bird beak is created by God to crack seeds?

Answer 19

short, thick, cone-shaped beak (example: finch)

Question 20

What type of bird beak is created by God to tear meat?

Answer 20

sharp, curved beak (example: hawk)

Question 21

What type of bird beak is created by God to get insects under the bark of trees?

Answer 21

long and chisel-like beak (example: woodpecker)

Question 22

What type of bird beak is created by God to drink nectar from flowers?

Answer 22

long, slender bills (example: hummingbird)

Question 23

What type of bird beak is created by God to strain water for small plants and animals to eat?

Answer 23

long, flat bill (example: duck)

Question 24

What type of bird beak is created by God to catch fish by spearing them in the water?

Answer 24

spear-like bill (example: kingfisher)

Question 25

What type of bird beak is created by God to eat insects and peck on the ground?

Answer 25

thin, pointed bills (example: warbler)

Question 26

What type of bird beak is created by God to scoop fish out of the water?

Answer 26

bills with a special bag underneath (example: pelican)

Question 27

What type of bird beak is created by God to catch insects while in flight?

Answer 27

beaks that open wide (example: whip-poor-will)