Animal adaptations

1. ANIMAL
ADAPTATIONS
By : Ms. Diah

3. ADAPTATIONS  is the physical or behavioural
characteristic of an organism that helps an
organism to survive better in the surrounding
environment.”
Living things are adapted to the habitat they live
in. This is because they have special features
that help them to survive.

5. Animalshavecertain adaptationsthat
help themto survive
Have you everwondered how animals areable to
survivein the wild?

6. Think about the wayyou dress in the winter.
Youdon’t wear yourshorts andbathingsuit
whenit’s snowingoutside!
Youwearwarmclothes,andmaybeevena
hatandmittenstoprotect yourself from
theweather.

7. And whatif you
are havinga
snowballfight?
Think ABOUT?
Youprobably runawayfromtheperson
throwing atyou,andmaybeeventrytosneak
uponthatpersonandthrowsomesnowballs!

8. The way you dress in the winter,
as well as the way that you run
and hide from someone throwing
snow at you are kind of
ADAPTATIONS
VENUS
Venus has a beautiful name and is the second
planet from the Sun
SATURN
Yes, this is the ringed one. It’s a gas giant,
composed mostly of hydrogen and helium

9. We can separate adaptationsinto two categories:
Physical
AND
Behavioral
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11. Physicaladaptations
are body structures that allowan
animalto find and consume food,
defend itself, and to reproduce its
species.
Physicaladaptations
help an animalsurvive in
its environment.

12. Physicaladaptation
Camouflage(use of color in a surrounding)
The chameleon can change its color to match its surroundings. Can
you do that?

13. Mimicry
(looking or sounding like another living organism) / Mimicry occurs when one animal displays physical
or behavioral traits that copy those of a different species or their surroundings, and incur a survival
advantage on account of it. Animals don't necessarily mimic other animals; often, they mimic plants or
rocks.
The Viceroy butterfly uses mimicry to look like the Monarch
butterfly. Can you tell them apart?
Poisonous
Not poisonous
Physicaladaptation
I’m the
Monarch!
I’m the
Viceroy!

14. Chemicaldefenses(like venom, ink,sprays)
Physicaladaptation

15. Body coverings & parts (claws, beaks, feet, armor plates, skulls,
teeth)
Physicaladaptations
The elephant’s trunk is a physical adaptation that helps it to clean itself, eat, drink,
and to pick things up.

16. Now let’s learn about
BehavioralAdaptations…
BehavioralAdaptations allow animalsto
respond to life needs.

17. Each organism has uniquemethods of
adaptingto its environmentby means of
different actions.
BehavioralAdaptations are animals’
actions.
RememberthatPhysical Adaptations arebody
structures.

18. We can divide BehavioralAdaptations intotwo groups:
Instinctive Learned
These behaviors
happen naturally &
don’t have to be
learned.
These behaviors
must be taught.

19. Instinctive
behaviors happen naturally &don’t
need to be learned
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Findingshelter
Methodsofgathering&
storingfood Defendingoneself
Raisingyoung
Hibernating
Migrating

20. Learned
behaviors
Obtained byinteractingwith
the environmentand cannot
be passed on to thenext
generationexcept by
teaching.
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21. In this lesson, we have learned about
animal adaptations.
There are 2 ways to describe adaptations:
Physical and Behavioral

22. Physicaladaptations are body structures.
Some examples of physical adaptationsare:
Camouflage
Mimicry
Body coverings & parts
Chemicaldefenses

23. Behavioral Adaptations are animals’ actions.
Behavioral Adaptations can be
Instinctiveor Learned.

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In this environment the animals have
adapted to survive In the cold
weather. The seal has physically
adapted, such as its rubber like skin
that can help keep Out the cold
weather. Also like the peguin with its
feathers. Although they must fight
for food they both survive and adapt
in this environment

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In this pictures we see seaturtles
in the environment. When they are
young they must go into the ocean
as quickly as they can to avoid
getting eating. This one part of
natural selection. Those with larger
fins and who are the fastest have
an increase of surviving

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We see the environment that is set in
a savannah environment. The animals
have adapted to the heat in the
environment. Some animals have
physical adaptations such as a giraffes
patterens and a zebra stipes. Another
example is a rihnos horns and an
elephant truk

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This environment is
underground. The animals
have grown used to the
darkness. Insects such as
ants and beetles have
adapted to the environment
and use it their instincts to
survive.

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Inside the cave animals
such as bats and bears
live here. Bats use their
behavioral adaptations to
survive and bears come in
here to hybernate

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30. The nexttimeyou read
about an animalin the
wild, or whenyou see
one on television, think
about its adaptations….