Adaptation Matching

Directions: Write B for behavioral adaptation or P for physical adaptation in the

blank.

1. _____Geese migrate south for the winter.

2. _____A beaver’s flat tail helps it to swim.
3. _____Some birds have long skinny beaks to drink nectar from flowers.
4. _____The peppered moth blends in with the birch tree.
5. _____A poison dart frog has bright blue skin to warn predators.
6. _____The northern bat hibernates on cave walls.
7. _____Small fish school together to look as if they were a bigger fish.
8. _____Some dogs sit when their owner gives them a treat.
9. _____A walking stick mimics the sticks it lives on.
10._____Water moccasins have venom to kill prey.
11.______The bumblebee moth looks like a bee.
12.______The Rock-hopper penguin hops up sharp rocks when leaving the
ocean.
13._____A kitten learns to hunt from its mother.
14._____A skunk has spray to spray creatures that threaten it.
15. _____An opossum plays dead when threatened.