Test Your Knowledge: Prey vs Predator Adaptations Quiz

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How well do you know the adaptations of prey and predators in nature? Put your knowledge to the test with this quiz designed for 15-year-old students!

1. Which of the following is an adaptation to help an organism escape its predator?

Hibernating during winter

Having large ears

Having shells and spines

Having closely packed feathers

2. The hawk moth caterpillar disguises its tail as a snake's head to frighten off predators. What adaptation is this?

Camouflage

Having strong senses

Appearing bigger

Mimicry

3. The Arctic fox can change the colour of its fur to blend in with the surroundings during different seasons. What adaptation is this?

Mimicry

Camouflage

Having colourful body coverings

Having strong senses

4. Which of the following are adaptations for catching prey?

Having a sticky tongue

Camouflaging

Hunting in groups

Using traps and venoms

5. How does the beak of a hawk help it to hunt and eat its food?

It helps it to pick up food in muddy soil

It can tear the flesh of its prey

It can help to scoop up fish that is in the water

It can crush seeds

6. How is a spiny anteater's tongue adapted for eating ants?

It is long

It is sticky

It is covered with sharp spikes

It is hairy

7. Some ocean animals use camouflage to help them survive. Which is the best example of camouflage?

A puffer fish that inflates its body

A flounder fish that blends into the ocean floor

A shark that sneaks up on its prey

A sea anemone that travels around on a crab

8. Which of the following would be considered to be prey?

An animal that has to hunt for its food

An animal that is eaten by another animal

An organism that makes its own food

An organism that feeds on the blood of another animal

9. Based on a food web, which of the following is/are herbivore(s)?

Hawk

Cricket

Frog

Shrew

10. A food web can be broken down into several separate __________.

Food pyramid

Producers

Food chains

Consumers

11. Venom is an adaptation used for _____________________.

Hunting prey

Attracting mates

Hiding from predators

Warning predators

12. Grouping together to protect against danger is an adaptation called ___________.

Camouflaging

Appearing bigger

Herding

Hibernating

13. The fur of an arctic fox turns from brown to white as winter approaches. This is an example of:

Hibernation

Camouflage

Movement

Migration

14. What type of ecological relationship occurs when individuals of different species compete for the same resource within an ecosystem?

Parasitism

Commensalism

Interspecific competition

Mutualism

15. According to G.F. Gause's experiment with Paramecium Aurelia and Paramecium caudatum, what did he conclude when the two species were grown together?

They coexisted peacefully

Paramecium caudatum became extinct

Both species thrived equally

Paramecium Aurelia became extinct

16. What is the differentiation of niches that enables similar species to coexist in a community called?

Mutualism

Resource partitioning

Predation

Symbiosis

17. In the context of ecological relationships, what is the interaction between species in which one species kills and eats another known as?

Commensalism

Parasitism

Mutualism

Predation

18. Which of the following best describes the concept of symbiosis?

The act of hunting for food

The relationship between predator and prey

The interaction between two different species living in close physical association

The process of photosynthesis

19. Which type of mimicry involves a palatable or harmless species mimicking an unpalatable or harmful one?

Batesian mimicry

Mullerian mimicry

Aggressive mimicry

Cryptic mimicry

20. What type of symbiosis involves one organism deriving nourishment from another organism, its host?

Mutualism

Commensalism

Parasitism

Predation

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