Adaptation: A Good Fit

Name ___________________________ Date ______________

Multiple Choice (check the right answer)

1. Why do plants and animals change?

__ to give scientists something to study
__ to fit with their environment
__ to be different

2. Adaptation makes plants and animals

__ unique
__ the same

True or False?

3. Changes that help an animal fit with its environment happen over a long time.
__ True __ False

4. Adaptations are always changes in the way an animal behaves.
__True __ False

5. Some species of plants and animals never adapted to changes in their environment.
__True __ False

6. Many animals and plants look strange or beautiful. Looking strange or beautiful is an adaptation.
__True __ False

7. Every species has unique ways of living in its ecosystem.
__True __ False

Essay Question  Write your answer on the back of the page.

8. Describe one example of adaptation.