📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. What is an adaptation?

A special feature that helps an animal survive

The place where an animal lives

The food an animal eats

How fast an animal can run

2. A camel's hump helps it survive by:

Making it look bigger

Storing water for dry times

Helping it run faster

Keeping it warm at night

3. Which of these is a sensory adaptation?

A bird's wings

A fish's gills

An owl's excellent hearing

A turtle's shell

4. Why do polar bears have thick fur?

To look beautiful

To stay warm in cold environments

To swim faster

To catch more fish

🔗 Part 2: Matching

5. Match each animal to its survival adaptation:

Chameleon

Kangaroo

Poison dart frog

Eagle

Sharp eyesight for hunting

Bright colors to warn predators

Strong legs for jumping

Changes color to hide

✏️ Part 3: Short Answer

6. Fill in the blanks:

Animals live in different ______________. Their body parts and senses help them ______________ in these places. These special features are called ______________.

7. Explain how a giraffe's long neck helps it survive:

8. Choose an animal and describe one structural adaptation and one way it helps the animal survive:

Animal: _________________

Structural adaptation: _________________________________

9. Why might animals in hot deserts have different adaptations than animals in cold mountains? Give one example:

🔑 Answer Key (Teacher Use)

Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. A special feature that helps an animal survive

2. Storing water for dry times

3. An owl's excellent hearing

4. To stay warm in cold environments

Part 2: Matching

Chameleon → Changes color to hide

Kangaroo → Strong legs for jumping

Poison dart frog → Bright colors to warn predators

Eagle → Sharp eyesight for hunting

Part 3: Short Answer

6. environments, survive, adaptations

7. Sample answer: A giraffe's long neck helps it reach leaves high up in trees that other animals cannot reach, giving it access to food.

8. Sample answer: Penguin - thick feathers keep it warm in cold Antarctic waters so it can swim and hunt for fish.

9. Sample answer: Desert animals need to stay cool and save water, while mountain animals need to stay warm. Desert animals might have large ears to release heat, while mountain animals have thick fur.