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BIOLOGY QUIZ 1 2022/2023

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1. What does adaptation mean?

A. Animals and plants like their habitats
B. Animals and plants decide to change their habitats
C. Animal and plant species develop characteristics over time which help them survive their
habitats
D. Animals and plants learn to thrive in their habitats

2. Which adaptations in camels do not protect them from their sandy habitat?
A. A long neck
B. A double row of long eyelashes
C. Closable nostrils
D. Nictitating eye membrane

3. What adaptation do sharks and penguins share?

A. They both have fins for swimming
B. They both have gills for breathing under water
C. They both have white fur as insulator
D. They both have streamlined bodies for swimming

4. Zebras live in large herds in a grassland habitat. How does a striped coat help them survive this
habitat?
A. Help the zebras to cool down at night
B. Make the zebras easy to spot for predators
C. Useful as camouflage
D. help a zebra's fur trap the sun's warmth

5. The polar bear's white fur allows it to hide in the cold arctic. This adaptation is called
________________.
A. Camouflage
B. Behavioural adaptation
C. Colour matching
D. Physiological adaptation

6. Some animals move great distances as the seasons change. What is this called?
A. Hibernation
B. Migration
C. Coloration
D. Habitat
7. Which feature would be most helpful to a plant in a desert?
A. Small roots
B. Small leaves
C. Smelly flowers
D. Large seeds

8. What is a physiological adaptation?

A. A body response that helps an organism to survive
B. A body process that helps an organism to survive
C. A body structure that helps an organism to survive

9. Polar bears swim to keep themselves warm. Which form of adaptation is this?
A. Physiological adaptation
B. Structural adaptation
C. Behavioural adaptation

10. Squirrels gather and store acorns for the winter, which is a ___________ adaptation.
A. Structural
B. Behavioural
C. Physiological
D. Environmental

11. ___________ is when animals go into a deep sleep causing their bodies to slow down.
A. Mimicry
B. Dormancy
C. Hibernation
D. Migration

12. Possums play dead to trick their predators – which form of adaptation is this?
A. Structural adaptation
B. Behavioural adaptation
C. Physiological adaptation

13. I am an animal that lives in the arctic. I have adaptations that allow me to survive in my
environment. Which of the following is an adaptation that will allow me to survive the arctic?
A. digging in the ground
B. speed
C. short, fluffy tail
D. thick white fur

14. What is the water cycle?

A. The 3 forms of water
B. The movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
C. When cloud forms
D. When ice melts
15. Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of ________________.
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Collection
D. Precipitation

16. What follows evaporation during the water cycle? How does this occur?
A. Water evaporates into water vapour
B. Water precipitates to the ground
C. Water vapour condenses and forms a cloud
D. Water runs down into the hydrosphere

17. What is it called when plants give off water vapour as a waste product?
A. Condensation
B. Transpiration
C. Evaporation
D. Collection

18. What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

A. Condensation
B. Collection
C. Evaporation
D. Precipitation

19. Precipitation occurs because …………….…..

A. The droplets evaporate in the air.
B. The droplets are too light for the air to hold.
C. The droplets are too heavy for the air to hold.

20. What is it called when water droplets form on the outside of a cool glass?
A. Condensation
B. Collection
C. Evaporation
D. Precipitation
21. Label the diagram below.

Condensation

Precipitation Evaporation

Collection