Test Your Knowledge: Prey vs Predator Adaptations Quiz
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?
