This 3-page quiz checks animal adaptations at 3rd grade. Part 1 has five multiple-choice questions on what an adaptation is, a duck's webbed feet, camouflage, bird migration and a bear sleeping in a den all winter. Part 2 asks students to write P or B beside six adaptations, from thick fur and sharp claws to migration and living in groups. Part 3 asks them to choose an animal and explain one adaptation. Page 3 has the key.
“Define an adaptation and say how a body part or behavior helps an animal survive.”
Part 1 questions 1 to 5 and the Part 3 short answer.
“Tell physical adaptations from behavioral adaptations.”
Part 2 asks for P or B for six adaptations.
Five questions with three options each. They ask what an adaptation is, how webbed feet help a duck, what camouflage means, why some birds migrate and what a bear is doing when it sleeps all winter.
Six boxes for a P or a B: thick fur, migration, sharp claws, hibernation, camouflage and living in groups.
Students pick any animal and explain one adaptation, beside a picture of a snowshoe hare.
Letters for questions 1 to 5, the six P and B marks and example answers for the short response.
End of the unit
Give it as a quick check after the sort and match activities. Students need about ten minutes for all three parts.
Migration and hibernation
Questions 4 and 5 pair up migration and hibernation. Students who swap them need a short side-by-side comparison of the two.
Share the short answers
Let a few students read their animal and adaptation aloud, and ask the class to say physical or behavioral. It makes a quick second pass over Part 2.
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