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Adaptations of Livin
Adaptations of Living Organisms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The way a plant or animal acts. | Behavior |
| A plant or an animal knows how to do something without being taught. | Instincts |
| What is a body part or a behavior that helps a living thing survive in its environment | Adaptation |
| The "knees" of a bald cypress tree are an example of what? Adaptation | Adaptation |
| Where does a plant store water? | In its thick waxy covered stems |
| Which plant is adapted to live in a dry, windy habitat? | Prickly pear cactus |
| Wide leave are an adaptation of what? | A plant that grows on the forest floor. |
| What is a positive effect of fire on the longleaf pine tree? | It leaves behind bare soil in which seeds can grow. |
| How is cordgrass able to survive in salt water? | It has parts that filter salt out of the plant. |
| How are the spines on a cactus an adaptation? | Their shape helps reduce water loss in a dry habitat. |
| What is a carnivorous plant? | A plant that gets some of its nutrients by trapping and digesting insects and other small animals. |
| Why can a Venus Flytrap live in soil that lacks nutrients? | It has adapted to get these nutrients from insects. |
| Aquatic animal | An animal that lives in a water habitat such as a lake, pond, river, stream, swamp, marsh or the ocean. |
| Which device do marine biologists use to track the movements of aquatic animals such as dolphins? | Computer |
| An animal has webbed feet. It's eyes, ears and nose are on top of its head. What can you infer about the habitat where this animal lives? | The habitat is aquatic. |
| What does a mussel's foot help it do? | Attach to underwater rocks. |
| What is a trait? | A body feature that an animal is born with. |
| What is a behavior an animal knows how to do. | Instincts |
| What are some adaptations? | Behaviors or things animals do to help them survive. |
| What does prey mean? | Any animal that is hunted for food by another animal. |
| A fox sees a rabbit. True or false. The rabbit is prey for a fox. | True |
| What does hibernate mean? | Go into a deep sleep for the winter months. |
| Examples of animals that hibernate? | A little brown bat, bears, bog turtles |
| What does migrate mean? | To move to warmer regions during cold months when food becomes scarce. |
| Examples of animals that migrate? | Herons from northern states migrate to coastal Georgia to find food in warmer regions during the winter. |
| What are talons? | Curved claws that help a bird grab and hold prey. |
| What adaptations for getting food does a hawk have? | Sharp talons and a hooked beak, which help it grab prey and tear meat. |
| What would make the best model for the beak of a bird that eats seeds from the ground? | Tweezers |
| What is mimicry? | Imitating the features of another animal to keep predators away. An adaptation that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another kind of living thing that is poisonous or otherwise harmful. |
| Give examples of mimicry? | A non-venomous snake looks very much like a venomous snake. |
| What type of adaptation does the non-venomous snake have? | Mimicry |
| What does camouflage mean? | Colors, markings, patterns and shapes that help an animal blend in with its surroundings. |
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