Quiz 6. Fitting In
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Select the best words to finish the sentences.
1. Adaptations/urutaunga Evolution/kukuwhatanga Fledglings/pirere are special features that help plants and animals to survive in their environment and to react to 2. slow/poturi quick/tere changes in that environment.
Possums have 3. fur/huruhuru skin/kiri jackets/koti poto that help them stay warm, while tui use 4. feathers/raukura beaks/ngutu wings/parirau for the same purpose. Tui are adapted to living in a 5. forest/ngahere pasture/patiki coastal/tahatai environment, and they are common in most parts of New Zealand except in the 6. eastern/tai rawhiti northern/tai tokerau western/taihauauru part of the 7. North Island/Te ika a Maui South Island/Te Waka o Maui .
The scientific name for humans is 8. Homo sapiens/tangata Homo humanoid/hunga People plentius/tino maha nga tangata .
9. List two ways that tui are adapted to their environment.
10.Why do scientists use a special naming system for plants and animals?
