Variations & Adaptations (TEKS 12B)

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Biology

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9th - 12th Grade

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Easy

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NGSS

MS-LS4-4, MS-LS1-4, MS-LS4-2

Standards-aligned

Steven Salazar

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7 Slides • 8 Questions

Adaptations

Multiple Choice

A feature that allows an organism to survive its environment is called what?

Evolution

Adaptation

Trait

Survivability factor

Physical/Anatomical adaptations

Armament - claws, thorns, teeth
camouflage
mimicry
Body Shape
body parts (ex: webbed feet)

Physiological adaptations

Strategies used to obtain energy - autotrophs (produces own food) & heterotrophs (consumes other organisms for energy)
Production of venom
Production of adrenaline
Antibiotic resistance

Behavioral Adaptations

allow an animal to respond to life's needs
actions
instinctive: happen naturally
learned: these behaviors are taught
examples: hibernating, migrating, finding shelter, mating, vocalization, searching for food, feeding methods.

Multiple Select

Click all the boxes that are adaptations.

Bear hibernating

Gills in fish

Water in a pond

The wings of a bird

The temperature of the earth

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples are of behavioral adaptations?

Migration

Claws

Teeth

Eyes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are examples of structural adaptations?

Hibernation

Migration

Eyes

Mating calls

Multiple Choice

Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?

flowers with bright colors

sharp thorns

small seeds

deep roots

Multiple Choice

The ears of this fox are an example of...

A behavioral adaptation

Poor breeding

A physical adaptation

Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong

Multiple Choice

Which Adaptation helped the frog blend in with the surroundings?

Mimicry

Scent

Hibernation

Camouflage

Multiple Choice

Why Do animals Adapt?

To make their life better

To Survive in their envorment.

To make people happy

ALL of the above

Adaptations

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