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• What do you see?
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• Answer! Something stalking you.
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• Answer! Something stalking you.
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• Relative Abundance and more
– Available Sheet
• Activity! Quiz 1-20. Find the hidden “thing”
in the picture.
– General names are acceptable.
– You will have about 10 seconds.
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• Bonus: Low light conditions.
• Answers to the quiz 1-20
FROG
Lizard
Owl
Gecko
Human hunter
in camouflage
• Bonus: Low light conditions.
• I turned on the light this time.
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 Camouflage: An adaptation that allows the
animal to blend in with its environment to
avoid being detected.
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 Camouflage: An adaptation that allows the
animal to blend in with its environment to
avoid being detected.
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 Camouflage: An adaptation that allows the
animal to blend in with its environment to
avoid being detected.
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Adaptation:
 Camouflage: An adaptation that allows the
animal to blend in with its environment to
avoid being detected.
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Adaptation: To be better suited to
survive.
• Both predator and prey have camouflage.
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• Both predator and prey have camouflage.
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 There are four types of camouflage
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 There are four types of camouflage
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 There are four types of camouflage
 Concealing Coloration
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• Concealing Coloration: When an animal
hides itself against a background of the same
color / pattern.
• Concealing Coloration: When an animal
hides itself against a background of the same
color / pattern.