Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each anti-predator strategy as crypsis or aposematism.
Groups: Crypsis (avoid detection) · Aposematism (warning coloration)
- A flounder matching the seabed's pattern
- A monarch butterfly advertising its toxicity
- A bright poison-dart frog's vivid skin
- A wasp's bold black-and-yellow stripes
- A moth colored exactly like tree bark
- A stick insect resembling a twig
Hints
- Crypsis avoids being SEEN; aposematism wants to be seen and REMEMBERED as dangerous.
- Blending in is crypsis; bright warning colors are aposematism.
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Crypsis (avoid detection): A moth colored exactly like tree bark, A stick insect resembling a twig, A flounder matching the seabed's pattern
Aposematism (warning coloration): A bright poison-dart frog's vivid skin, A wasp's bold black-and-yellow stripes, A monarch butterfly advertising its toxicity
Why
Crypsis hides the animal (bark moth, twig insect, flounder); aposematism advertises toxicity with bold coloration (poison frog, wasp, monarch). One avoids detection; the other invites it, so predators learn to stay away.
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