Animal Defense Mechanisms
Explore various defense mechanisms animals use to protect themselves from predators.
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Animal Defense Mechanisms
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1. Which defense mechanism involves an animal blending in with its surroundings?
Mimicry
Camouflage
Warning coloration
Playing dead
2. What is it called when a harmless animal looks like a harmful one?
Camouflage
Mimicry
Autotomy
Playing dead
3. Some animals can release a foul-smelling chemical to deter predators, a defense mechanism known as .
4. When a lizard breaks off its tail to escape a predator, it is demonstrating the defense mechanism of .
5. Animals with bright colors like red or yellow often use to warn predators that they are poisonous or dangerous.
6. Explain how a porcupine's quills act as a defense mechanism.
7. Describe two different ways animals use camouflage to protect themselves.
8. All animals use the same defense mechanisms.
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False
9. Playing dead is a defense mechanism used by some animals to trick predators.
True
False
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10. A snake that looks like a poisonous coral snake, but isn't, is using as a defense.
11. The ability of some animals to shed a body part to escape a predator is called .