3. Every animal has its own environment where
it lives in.
▪ Example:
▪ Polar bears live in the Arctic.
▪ Snakes live in the desert
In order to survive they have to behave in a special way
4. It’s the behavior or structure that helps a living thing
“animal” or “plant” to survive in its environment.
5. Adaptation is divided into:
▪ Structure adaptation
I. Big ears
II. Camouflage
III. Bad smell
IV. Mimicry
▪ Behavior adaptation
I. Nocturnal animals
II. Hibernation
III. Migration
IV. Walking on fins
6. Camouflage
▪ Animals hide by blending in their environment.
▪ Many animals adapt to live in their environment
by “Camouflage”.
▪ Camouflage help the animals to hide from their
predators.
▪ Other animals use camouflage to help them not to
be noticed so that they can hunt their preys easily.
7. Examples on camouflage:
“Chameleons”
-They blend in their
environment by
Camouflage to hide
from their predators.
(They color themselves
with the same color of
their environment)
8. Examples on camouflage:
“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.
9. Examples on the camouflage:
▪ “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
10. Examples on camouflage:
▪ “Lions”
▪ - Lions also blend in their
environment
▪ using camouflage to hunt
their preys without being
seen.
11. Adaptation in ecosystems:
- Desert is a very Dry and Hot environment to live in.
- So plants & animals living in the desert should adapt to survive in it.
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12. Adaptation of the plants in the desert
ecosystem:
- Cactus & Mesquite trees
are desert plants.
▪ Have roots that spread far
to absorb rainwater.
▪ Have stems that store
water.
▪ Have spines to protect
plants from being eaten by
animals.
13. Adaptation of the animals in the desert
ecosystem:
- Some animals are nocturnal , this is mean they are active only at
night “they sleep during the day” .
- Examples: Bats and Rattlesnakes
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14. Adaptation of the animals in the desert
ecosystem:
- Other desert animals adapt to the desert by having long ears to cool
themselves in the hot weather.
-
- Examples: Jackrabbit
15. Adaptation of the animals in the desert
ecosystem:
- Other animals go to a very deep sleep during the winter, when they
couldn’t find their food,
- Examples: Dormouse & Bears.
16. Adaptation of the animals in the desert
ecosystem:
Bad Smell: Skunks
spray a stinky smell
when a predator
comes close to them
17. Adaptation of the animals in the ocean
ecosystem:
Camouflage:
Some animals imitate another in color or shape
Example : stone fish.
“It looks exactly like the stones of the Ocean, so it’s very hard to
notice it & that helps it to survive in its ecosystem”
18. Adaptation of the animals in the ocean
ecosystem:
Migration:
- Some animals move from their ecosystem to
another ecosystem in the winter “When the
weather gets very cold”
- Example: Whales
19. Adaptation of the animals in the ocean
ecosystem:
- Glowing bulb:Angler fish use this structure to catch
the food as it lights up, because angler fish lives in
the deep part of the sea.
- Example: Angler Fish
20. Adaptation of the animals in the wetland
ecosystem:
- Adaptation of plants in
the wetland:
- Mangrove trees have
roots that spread out
to attach well in the
muddy soil.
21. Adaptation of the animals in the wetland
ecosystem:
- Adaptation of animals
in the wetland:
- Walking catfish can
use its fins to move
from a dry land to a
body of water.
22. Adaptation of the animals in the forest
ecosystem:
▪ Mimicry: Living things
“animals” imitate or
pretend to be dangerous
or venomous animals to
scare their predators
away.
▪ Elephant hawk larva can
mimics the snake shape
to scare the predators
away.
Mimicry is a type of
camouflage
