structural and behavioral adaptations of animals to survive grade 3

2. In order for animals to survive in their
ecosystem they have to adapt.

3. Adaptation
Structure or behavior that helps a living thing “animal”
to survive in its environment

4. Adaptation
Structure
(A Body part )
Behavior
(Something they do)
• Camouflage
• Mimicry
• Bad smell
• Growth that lights up
• Body parts: long neck
long ears
sharp teeth
• Hibernate
• Migrate
• Nocturnal
• Walking on fins

5. Behavior adaptation
Instinct
An animal knows how do
it, once he is born without
learning.
Learned
An animal has to learn
how to do it.

6. How did this baby
dolphin know how to
swim once it was born ?
I know it on my own it’s an
Instinct !

7. How did the dog know all that stuff ?
I only learn these things
if someone taught me.
It’s a Learned behavior.

8. Camouflage

9. Camouflage
To hide from preys
when hunting.
To hide from
predators

10. Chameleons
• They blend in their environment by
Camouflage to hide from their predators.
I can be ANY COLOR I want !!
I color myself with the same color of
the environment so it’s hard to see me !

11. Polar bears
• Polar bear’s white fur helps it to blend
with the ice & snow to make it easy for
them to hunt the seal without being seen.
• It also has a lot of blubber (FAT) to keep it
warm.

12. Snakes
• Snakes also adapt in their environment
by camouflage
• they hide from eagles by blending in the
rocks & sand, and also to make easier for
them to hunt their preys.

13. Owls
• Owls also can adapt by camouflage
inside the trees.
• It makes it easier for them to hunt
their preys without being seen.

14. Lions
• Lions also blend in their
environment.
• using camouflage to hunt their
preys without being seen.

15. Adaptations in the Desert

16. - Cactus & Mesquite trees are desert plants.
• Both Have spines to protect plants from being eaten.
• Cactus has roots that spread far to absorb rainwater.
• Cactus has stems that store water.
Adaptation of plants

17. - Some animals are Nocturnal they are active only at
night “They sleep during the day”
Adaptation of animals
Bats snakes

18. Other desert animals adapt to the desert by
having
Long,thin ears to cool themselves in the hot
weather.
Jack rabbits

19. Adaptations in the Rainforest

20. Plant Adaptations in
theTropical rainforest
• Tropical rainforests get much rain all the year, this too much rain can
damage the leaves.
• The leaves are adapted with a drip tip at the end of each leaf to help rain
water to fall off quickly.

21. In the tropical rainforest, there are many tall trees & leaves growing next to each other.
so they block “prevent” the sun light from reaching to the plants at the bottom.
So plants at the bottom adapt by having large leaves to catch the sun light.

22. Animal Adaptations in
theTropical rainforest

23. Some animals imitate (copy) the
color or shape of something else,
to protect themselves.
This butterfly has spots that look
like owl eyes to scare away the
predators.
Mimicry

24. Adaptations in theTemperate forest.

25. Temperate forests don’t have much rain as the tropical rainforest, so trees in
the temperate forest adapt by losing their leaves in the fall to save water.
Plant Adaptations in
theTemperate forest

26. Dormouse & Bears.
Some animals go to a very deep sleep during the winter, when they couldn’t
find their food , that’s called Hibernation
Animal Adaptations in
theTemperate forest

27. Skunks
Other animals like: Skunks spray a stinky smell when a predator comes close
to them, to drive them away.

28. Adaptations in the wetland

29. Adaptation Of Plants in the wetland
Mangrove trees
Have roots that spread out to
attach well in the muddy soil.

30. Adaptation Of animals in theWetland
Walking catfish
It uses its fins to move from a dry
land to water again.
This is a Behavioral adaptation.

31. Adaptations in the Ocean

32. Adaptation Of Plants in the Ocean
Some have Balloon like structures called
‘air bladder’ helps some algae float.
Some Have root like structure to
attach itself to the ocean floor.
Algae
They are water plants that Have leaf like structures
to get sunlight to make food.

33. Adaptation Of animals in the Ocean
Migration
Some animals move from their
habitat to another in the winter
When the weather gets very cold.
Example : whales

34. - Other Ocean animals have different ways of
adaptation like: Angler fish
“Has a growth above its head that lights up”
(Structural adaptation)
Angler fish
Small fish are attracted towards the light in the
dark ocean, when they come close to the
light, the angler fish eats them up.

35. •It mimics the stones in the ocean.
“It looks exactly like the stones of the Ocean, so it’s hard for
predators & preys to notice it.
Stone fish

36. Let’s see more behavior and structural
adaptations!!
(The coming slides are Just for further demonstration & Revision )
Remember
Structural adaptation means  a body part that helps the animals survive
Behavioral adaptation means  something an animal does .( How it behaves)

37. Nocturnal
Behavior
These animals are active at night, they sleep all day when the desert is cooler
and wake up at night.

38. Hibernation
BehaviorDormouse Bears
These animals go into deep sleep all winter as it’s hard to find food,
& wake up in spring when plants begin to grow .

39. Migration
Behavior
These animals move to warmer places to find more food.

40. Structure

41. Structure

42. Structure

43. StructureBehavior
The cheetah is the
FASTEST animal
in the world !!

44. Structure
Structure
Structure
The lion can camouflage
and hide from it’s prey as
it’s skin color blends with
the environment

45. The polar bear has white fur to camouflage with the white snow.
It also has a lot of blubber (FAT) to keep it warm.
Structure

46. Mimicry
Structure

47. Online games
• https://ecokids.ca/swf-files/gamesPage/adaptations.swf
• https://www.nps.gov/anch/upload/ourWildNeighbors.swf
• http://www.planet-science.com/flash/1831/deploy/missionAdaptationNew.swf