🐾 Wilderness & Homestead Creatures Quiz 2: Migration, Dormancy, and Seasonal Survival

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🐾 Wilderness & Homestead Creatures · Quiz 002

Distinguish migration, dormancy, and seasonal camouflage as different strategies for surviving predictable environmental change.

Learning goalDistinguish migration, dormancy, and seasonal camouflage as different strategies for surviving predictable environmental change.

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FoundationWhich bird is famous for migrating between Arctic breeding regions and Antarctic waters?
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Think of the pole-to-pole migrant.

UnderstandingWhy is the annual monarch migration cycle in North America described as multigenerational?
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Ask whether one butterfly completes the full annual round trip.

ApplicationBlack bears in a mild-winter region may still enter winter dormancy even without deep snow. Which factor best explains this?
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Consider why bears in relatively warm places can still become dormant.

InterpretationTwo mammals face winter food shortage. Mammal X leaves its summer range and travels hundreds of miles to a seasonal feeding area. Mammal Y remains in the same region, stops feeding for weeks, and shows a sustained drop in heart rate and metabolic activity while relying on stored fat. Which interpretation best distinguishes their strategies?
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Compare what changes most for each animal: location or physiology.

ConnectionA snowshoe hare begins turning white largely on a seasonal schedule, but snow cover arrives later than usual. What ecological problem can result?
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Compare the animal's coat color with the background.

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