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Let’s go through each question one by one, using the reading passage to find the answers.

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Question 1: What are the two main ways that an organism adapts?

From the first paragraph:
> “An organism adapts when it develops a behavior that makes it more likely to survive. It can also adapt by forming a physical characteristic or body part that helps it survive.”

So, the two main ways are:
- Developing a behavior (like learning to live in shade)
- Forming a physical characteristic (like growing tall or having a long neck)

✔ Answer: Behavior and physical characteristics.

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Question 2: What is one animal adaptation you read about in the passage?

The passage mentions several animal adaptations:
- Monkeys have long tails → help them swing through trees
- Giraffes have long necks → help them reach leaves at the top of tall trees
- Skunks have horrible smells → keep predators away

Any one of these is correct. Let’s pick one clearly stated example.

✔ Answer: Monkeys have long tails that help them swing through trees.

*(You could also say giraffes’ long necks or skunks’ smell — all are valid.)*

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Question 3: Is the animal adaptation you chose a physical or behavioral adaptation?

We chose monkeys’ long tails. That’s a body part — so it’s physical.

If you picked something like “shorter plants learned to live in the shade,” that would be behavioral — but we’re talking about animals here.

✔ Answer: Physical adaptation.

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Question 4: What is one plant adaptation you read about in the passage?

The passage says:
> “In a forest biome, some trees grow taller than the other plants around them. This lets them reach the sunlight.”

Also:
> “Roses and acacia trees both have dangerous thorns. The thorns prevent animals from eating their leaves.”

Either works. Let’s pick tree growth since it’s mentioned early.

✔ Answer: Some trees grow taller to reach sunlight.

*(Or: Roses and acacia trees have thorns to protect themselves.)*

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Question 5: Is the plant adaptation you chose a physical or behavioral adaptation?

Growing taller is a physical change — it’s how the plant looks/develops physically.

Thorns are also physical — they’re parts of the plant.

Behavioral adaptations for plants? The passage says shorter plants “learned to live in the shade” — that’s described as behavior, even though plants don’t “learn” like animals do. But for our chosen answer (trees growing tall), it’s definitely physical.

✔ Answer: Physical adaptation.

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Final Answers:

1) Behavior and physical characteristics
2) Monkeys have long tails that help them swing through trees
3) Physical adaptation
4) Some trees grow taller to reach sunlight
5) Physical adaptation