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Adaptations FINAL G3

Animals must adapt to survive in their ecosystems. Adaptations are structural or behavioral traits that help animals survive. Structural adaptations include camouflage, mimicry, and physical traits like teeth and body size. Behavioral adaptations consist of instincts like swimming and learned behaviors such as migration. Animals use adaptations like camouflage, hibernation, and nocturnal behavior to cope with challenges in different habitats.

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In order for animals to survive in their ecosystem they have to adapt.
Adaptation Structure or behavior that helps a living thing “animal” to survive in its environment
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
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.
How did this baby dolphin know how to swim once it was born ? I know it on my own it’s an Instinct !
How did the dog know all that stuff ? I only learn these things if someone taught me. It’s a Learned behavior.
Camouflage
Camouflage To hide from preys when hunting. To hide from predators
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 !
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.
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.
Owls • Owls also can adapt by camouflage inside the trees. • It makes it easier for them to hunt their preys without being seen.
Lions • Lions also blend in their environment. • using camouflage to hunt their preys without being seen.
Adaptations in the Desert
- 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
- Some animals are Nocturnal they are active only at night “They sleep during the day” Adaptation of animals Bats snakes
Other desert animals adapt to the desert by having Long,thin ears to cool themselves in the hot weather. Jack rabbits
Adaptations in the Rainforest
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.
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.
Animal Adaptations in theTropical rainforest
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
Adaptations in theTemperate forest.
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
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
Skunks Other animals like: Skunks spray a stinky smell when a predator comes close to them, to drive them away.
Adaptations in the wetland
Adaptation Of Plants in the wetland Mangrove trees Have roots that spread out to attach well in the muddy soil.
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.
Adaptations in the Ocean
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.
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
- 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.
•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
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)
Nocturnal Behavior These animals are active at night, they sleep all day when the desert is cooler and wake up at night.
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 .
Migration Behavior These animals move to warmer places to find more food.
Structure
Structure
Structure
StructureBehavior The cheetah is the FASTEST animal in the world !!
Structure Structure Structure The lion can camouflage and hide from it’s prey as it’s skin color blends with the environment
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
Mimicry Structure
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