This document discusses physical and behavioral adaptations that help animals survive. Physical adaptations include an animal's body covering, coloration, body parts like beaks and claws, and defenses like venom or quills. Behavioral adaptations are things animals do to survive, either through learned behaviors or instincts, and include hibernation to survive cold weather, migration to travel between seasons, camouflage to blend in with surroundings, and mimicry to disguise their appearance. Adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs in their environments.

1. Animal Adaptations

2. Objectives
• 3.4 The student will investigate and
understand that behavioral and physical
adaptations allow animals to respond to life
needs. Key concepts include:
– hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry,
instinct, and learned behavior.

3. What is adaptation?
• Special features that help an animal to survive
in its environment.
• Physical adaptation: Bodily structures that
help with survival.
• Behavioral adaptation: Something that an
animal does to survive.

4. Physical adaptations
• Type of body covering: fur, feathers, scales
• Color: patterns, match surroundings
• Body part: beak, antlers, ears, claws
• Defenses: venom, spray, quills

5. Camouflage
• Color or pattern of an animal that helps it to
blend in with its surroundings.
• Helps the animal to find food or hide from its
enemies.

6. Mimicry
• Looking or sounding like another animal or
object to help an animal hide.

7. Behavioral Adaptations
• Anything that an animal does in order to
survive.
• Some behaviors are learned: they must be
taught how to do it.
• Other behaviors are instinct: they are born
knowing how to do it.

8. Hibernation
• Hibernation is an instinctive behavior.
• It is a response to cold weather.
• Animals go into a sleep state to survive the
cold winter.

9. Migration
• Migration is an instinctive behavior.
• Migration is travelling from one place to
another when the seasons change.
• All types of animals migrate!

10. Time to Find a Buddy!
• Grab a partner!
• Grab a Venn Diagram
• Work together and let me know what you’ve
learned today about animal adaptations.