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Science
Adaptations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an inherited behavior that helps an animal meet its needs? | instinct |
| What is evidence of a plant or an animal that lived a long time ago? | fossil |
| What is a dormant, inactive state in which normal body's activities slow? | hibernation |
| What happens when all members of a species die out? | instinct |
| What is a body part or behavior that helps something live? | adaptation |
| What are animals moving as a group from one region to another and back? | migration |
| What are food, water, air, and shelter? | basic needs |
| What are behaviors that were taught to an animal and help it meet its needs? | learned needs |
| Which basic need of plants do they meet by themselves, if they have sunlight? | food |
| Which is an example of a learned behavior? reading breathing eating sleeping | reading |
| Which organism has fossils that it has changed little over time? corn camel turtle dinosaur | turtle |
| A woodchuck has just gone into hibernation. Which is the most likely to happens? . | the body temperature goes down |
| Which organism is not extinct? auk ginkgo saber-tooth cat wooly mammoth | ginkgo |
| Horses' teeth are adapted for which activity? | chewing grass |
| Why do some bird species arrive at bird species arrive at a bird earlier than other species? | the earlier birds may have had distance to cover |
| What is it an example of when a tree rots on the forest floor and a new tree grows next year? | life cycle |
| What is one reason bears need to hibernate in the winter? they needed to be under the ground to reach water difficult for them to get food or shelter in the cold mean bears force the smaller ones hide in the cold bears hibernate to avoid the heat of the sun | difficult for them to get food or shelter in the cold |
| What happens when too many deer eat too much of a farmer's crops one year? | the number will go down |
| What can be INFERRED if fossils show that the ancient killer whales were much larger than today's? | they had more food in prehistoric times |
| You see a mommy bear teaching her cubs to fish. What can you infer about this activity? | it is affected by a learned behavior |
| What to you INFER about a swallow returning to its birth place without being taught the way? | it is an instinct to fly home |
| Which is learned behavior? reading breathing eating sleeping | reading |
| Why are seeds important to trees? | they grow into new trees |
| Which one is one thing an adult tree does not provide? shade wood fruit metal | metal |
| Why are decaying trees important? | they return nutrients to the new new trees to use |
| After a harsh winter, many fawns died. What do you predict will happen to the oak trees? | they will increase in number |
| Which one is not a logical answer for the number of swallows is decreasing in your area? basic needs not being met they have been moved all of them suddenly became too fat to fly the weather patterns have changed their territory | the weather pattern may have changed their territory |
| There are two reasons clover is dying. One reason is over-glazing. What is the other? | environment changes |
| Some cats are better mousers than others due to inherited skills. What is the other? | mommy cat taught them to be better hunters |
| What is it called when all members of a species die? | extinction |
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