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Animal Adaptations Pre/Post Assessment

1. What is everything that surrounds and affects an animal, including living and
nonliving things?

a. environment c. shelter
b. climate d. oxygen

2. The 5 basic needs that all animals have are the need for the right climate, oxygen,
food, water, and

a. leaves c. shelter
b. meat d. rainfall

3. What must animals do in order for the species to survive?

a. play c. develop
b. reproduce d. grow

4. An is a body part or behavior that helps an animal meet its

needs in its environment.

a. wings c. adaptation
b. environment d. a beak

5. Types of bird adaptations include beaks, feathers, size of their eyes, and shape of
their eyes.

a. True b. False

6. What is an animal’s color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surrounding?

a. mimicry c. feathers
b. camouflage d. fur

7. What is the average temperature or rainfall of an area over many years?

a. climate c. environment
b. weather d. map
8. The process of change from an egg to an adult butterfly is called

a. reproduction c. metamorphosis
b. survival d. chrysalis

9. What is the adaptation called in which an animal looks very much like another
animal or an object?

a. camouflage c. metamorphosis
b. twin d. mimicry

10. An instinct is a behavior that is learned.

a. True b. False

11. An animal’s body temperature drops for a long period of time when it is

a. hibernating c. sleeping
b. migrating d. hunting

12. Migration is the movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another
and back again.

a. True b. false

13. What adaptation would best help a hawk catch a mouse?

a. talons c. hollow bones

b. camouflage d. feathers

14. Which of the following is NOT a need of animals?

a. food c. clothing
b. oxygen d. shelter

15. When preparing to hibernate, animals must _________ __________ ___________.

a. grow a thinner coat c. eat extra food

b. lose weight d. breather faster