Tag: terrestrial adaptations

Questions Related to terrestrial adaptations

The mountain goat has strong _____ for running up the rocky slopes of mountains for grazing.

  1. Hooves

  2. Nails

  3. Scales

  4. Both B and C


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The mountain goat has strong hooves for running up the rocky slopes of mountains for grazing.
The hard and rough feet of an animal are called hooves. 

Which one has evergreen vegetation and drought adapted animals

  1. Chapparal

  2. Savannah

  3. Tundra

  4. Deciduous forest


Correct Option: A

To stay away from the intense heat during the day, they stay in _____ deep in the sand.

  1. Burrows

  2. Water

  3. Grass

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To stay away from the intense heat during the day, they stay in burrows deep in the sand. These burrows stay cool in the day and hence protect these animals from hot weather.

 ______ have long hair to keep them warm in low temperature.

  1. Yak

  2. Fish

  3. Bird

  4. Rat


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yak have long hair to keep them warm in low temperature.

A waterless area of land covered with sand having no or little vegetation is called

  1. Desert

  2. River

  3. Grassland

  4. Forest


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A waterless area of land covered with sand having no or little vegetation is called desert.

 Deer has _______ to hear movements of predators.

  1. Long ears

  2. Short ears

  3. Long nose

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
 A deer needs to know about the presence of predators ( animals like lion that make it their prey ) in order to run away from them and not become their prey. It has long ears to hear movements of predators.

 Desert animals come out only during the _____ when it is cooler.

  1. Day

  2. Night

  3. Afternoon

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Desert animals come out only during the night when it is cooler.