3. Adaptation of a Chimpanzee
• The favorite food of chimpanzees are
fruits and young leaves, but they like
many different types of food. In the
dry season they will eat buds and
blossoms, soft pitch, stems, galls,
honey, bark and resin, seeds and nuts.
Insects, like ants and termites are also
in their diet. On rare occasions they
will hunt small game like monkeys,
pigs, and antelopes.
4. How Chimpanzee’s survive
Chimps are much like humans in a many aspects.
They defend and protect themselves with their
hands and strength. A chimpanzee will use
different methods of defence depending on the
threat it faces. The level of aggression will
increase as the chimpanzee feels more and more
threatened.
Chimpanzees are omnivores (eating plants and
meat). They forage for food in the forests during
the day, eating leaves, fruit, seeds, tree bark, plant
bulbs, tender plant shoots, and flowers. They also
eat termites, ants, and small animals (they have
even been known to eat young monkeys).
Chimpanzees drink water, often by using a
chewed leaf as a sponge to sop up the water.
6. Adaptations of the Sunflower Plant
• Sunflower plants are grown in
crop fields and gardens and also
grow readily in wildlife settings.
These tall, colorful flowers are
one of the few species of crop
plants that originated in North
America. Their highly developed
root and flower systems enable
sunflowers to adapt to different
climate conditions and form
symbiotic relationships with
other life forms.
7. How Sunflower’s survive
Sunflower plants require full sun
exposure and will not tolerate a shaded
environment. Sunlight adaptations
appear within the head of the
flower, which rotates or moves with
the rising and setting of the sun.
Sunflower heads consist of thousands
of tiny flower structures called
inflorescences that sit at the centre in a
cluster. When fertilized, each flower is
capable of producing its own seed. Its
leaf arrangement consists of opposite-
facing leaves that grow along a tall
stem structure, which provides a broad
area for sunlight absorption.
