1. South View Primary SchoolSouth View Primary School
P6 F. Science Day 1P6 F. Science Day 1
Adaptations in Animals

2. Adaptations are good for
Getting
a meal
Avoid
becoming
a meal
Keeping
warm or cool
Finding
a mate
Raising
offspring

3. Structural and Behavioural Adaptations
 Structural adaptations are physical features
of an organism like the bill on a bird or the fur
on a bear.
 Behavioural adaptations are the things
organisms do to survive. For example, bird
calls and migration are behavioural
adaptations.

4. Adaptation in animals - For escaping
predators
 Hiding - using shells, burrows, holes

5. Adaptation in animals - For escaping
predators
 Defending – using spines, puff up

6. Adaptation in animals- For
escaping predators
 Body coverings – camouflage

7. Adaptation in animals
Coping with extreme temperatures
 Cold environment- Have thick
fur or feathers , thick layer of
fat under skin
 Hot environment – sweat and
urinate very little, store fat in
body, hide in shade or large
trees

8. Adaptation in animals - for movement
in water
May have swim bladder for staying
afloat
May have flippers, fins or webbed
feet
Streamlined body shape

9. Adaptation in animals - for movement
in air
Feathers – have wings, flight
muscles
Streamlined body
Hollow bones

10. Adaptation in animals – for breathing
in water
Have gills, gill chambers, skin,
breathing tube, air bubble, special
nostril, blowing hole

11. Adaptation in animals - for breathing
on land
Breathing holes
Nostrils
Skin

12. Adaptation in animals - for obtaining
food
 Hunt in pairs
 Adapted feet – claws
or talons
 Mouth – sharp
pointed teeth or
fangs, hooked beak
(eagle), straw like
mouth (butterflies)
 Keen eyesight

13. Why do camels have humps?
The camel’s humps help it to:
Stay cool
Find
water
Store
food
energy

14. Assignment : Create your ownAssignment : Create your own
CreatureCreature
Invent a creature that doesn’t exist, but that lives
in a desert. (hot, little water, getting enough food to
eat is difficult)
Decide where it lives, what it eats,
Give it the adaptations that it needs to live.
fur feathers eyes markings claws spines
hard shell long legs mouth parts bright markings
teeth wings flippers

15. Assignment: Create your own
creature
 Draw and name the creature
 Point out what the important feature and how
it helps the creature to survive
(eg. Big ears – to reduce heat loss)