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Animal Adaptations and Habitats
How animals survive in their habitats.
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- AdaptationQuestionA trait that helps a living thing survive
- HabitatQuestionThe natural home of a plant or animal
- CamouflageQuestionColoring that helps an animal blend in
- MimicryQuestionWhen one species looks like another to stay safe
- HibernationQuestionA deep sleep through winter to save energy
- MigrationQuestionTraveling to another place for food, warmth or breeding
- NocturnalQuestionActive at night
- DiurnalQuestionActive during the day
- CrepuscularQuestionActive at dawn and dusk
- Warning colorationQuestionBright colors that tell predators an animal is harmful, like a poison dart frog
- Which animal changes color to match its surroundings?QuestionThe chameleon
- Which animal can drop its tail to escape a predator?QuestionA lizard
- Why do polar bears have thick fur and blubber?QuestionTo stay warm in cold Arctic weather
- Why does an Arctic hare turn white in winter?QuestionTo blend in with snow
- How does a camel survive in a desert?QuestionIt stores fat in its hump and can go a long time without water
- What do a camel's wide feet do?QuestionKeep it from sinking in sand
- How does a cactus store water?QuestionIn its thick stem
- How do owls hunt in the dark?QuestionLarge eyes, sharp hearing and silent flight
- How do bats find food in the dark?QuestionEcholocation
- Why do cheetahs have long legs?QuestionTo run very fast
- Why do giraffes have long necks?QuestionTo reach leaves high in trees
- What is an elephant's trunk used for?QuestionBreathing, smelling, drinking and grabbing things
- Why do ducks have webbed feet?QuestionTo swim well
- Why do woodpeckers have strong beaks?QuestionTo peck into trees for insects
- Why do hummingbirds have long thin beaks?QuestionTo drink nectar from flowers
- Why do eagles have sharp talons?QuestionTo catch and hold prey
- Why do fish have gills?QuestionTo take oxygen from water
- Why do whales have blubber?QuestionTo stay warm in cold water
- Why do skunks spray?QuestionTo scare away predators
- Why do porcupines have quills?QuestionTo protect themselves
- Why do turtles have shells?QuestionFor protection
- What does an octopus do to escape danger?QuestionSquirts ink and changes color
- How does a snake sense prey?QuestionBy smelling with its tongue
- How do penguins keep warm?QuestionThick feathers and a layer of fat; they huddle together
- How does a frog catch insects?QuestionWith a long sticky tongue
- What is a spider's web for?QuestionCatching prey
- How do bees help plants?QuestionThey carry pollen between flowers
- Why do beavers have flat tails?QuestionTo steer when swimming and slap warnings
- Why do seals have flippers?QuestionTo swim
- How do arctic foxes stay warm?QuestionThick fur and small ears
- Why do desert foxes have big ears?QuestionTo release heat
- How do monarch butterflies survive winter?QuestionThey migrate to warmer places
- Where do salmon go to lay eggs?QuestionBack up rivers where they were born
- Where do Arctic terns migrate?QuestionFrom the Arctic to the Antarctic and back, a very long trip
- What do gray whales do each year?QuestionMigrate between cold feeding waters and warm breeding lagoons
- Ocean habitatQuestionSalt water home for fish, whales and more
- Desert habitatQuestionDry land with little rain, like the Sahara
- Rainforest habitatQuestionWarm, wet forest with many species
- Grassland habitatQuestionOpen land covered with grasses
- Arctic habitatQuestionThe cold region around the North Pole
- Wetland habitatQuestionLand with shallow water like marshes
- Pond habitatQuestionSmall body of still fresh water
- Coral reef habitatQuestionWarm shallow seas with coral
- Mountain habitatQuestionHigh, cold, windy land
- Cave habitatQuestionDark underground home for bats and blind fish
- Deep-sea adaptation: bioluminescenceQuestionMaking light to find food or mates
- AnglerfishQuestionA deep-sea fish with a glowing lure
- Symbiosis example: clownfish and anemoneQuestionThe clownfish is protected by the anemone and cleans it
- InstinctQuestionBehavior an animal is born knowing
- Learned behaviorQuestionSomething an animal learns, like a dog sitting on command
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