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Animal Adaptation Super Senses Test

Name: ____________________________

Date: ___________________

Match each animal to its super sense by drawing a line to it. (1 point each)
1. Elephants

a. Hearing

2. Catfish

b. Sight

3. Star-nose mole

c. Touch

4. Bats

d. Smell

5. Eagles

e. Taste

Multiple Choice: Circle the correct answer. (1 point each)

1. A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its
environment is called
a. Environmental morphing
b. Adaptation
c. Animal classification
d. Nocturnal animals
2. A question and investigation for truth is a(n)
a. Test
b. Q and A
c. Study
d. Inquiry
3. Ways that the body receives information; sight, hearing, smelling, tasting, and feeling is called
a. The five senses
b. Receptors
c. Adaptation
d. Survival techniques
4. continuous and rapid movement is called
a. Touch receptors
b. Shaking
c. Echolocation
d. Vibration

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5. The clusters of nerve endings on the tongue and in the lining of the mouth that provide the
sense of taste are called
a. Taste receptors
b. Taste buds
c. Olfactory receptors
d. barbs
True or False: Circle the correct answer (1 point each)
1. Disabilities lower a persons changes of success.
TRUE

FALSE

2. Animals use their lack of sight and hearing ability as part of their adaptation and survival.
TRUE

FALSE

Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

1. Olfactory receptors in the ___nose___ that help process information through __smell____.
2. Echolocation is used to __locate___ objects by reflected __sound__, in particular that used by
animals such as dolphins and bats.
Write at least five sentences about this weeks lesson on animal adaptations and their super senses.
(6 points)
What is considered a disability to a person can be considered as an adaptation for certain animals.
When there is a lack of one sense another sense can grow stronger.
Animals use their senses for survival in their environment.
The senses taste and smell closely affect each other and so do the senses sight and hearing.
Animals use their senses in many different and interesting ways for survival.
I never knew animals used their senses to adapt to their environment.