3. Animals also depend on their physical features to help
them obtain food, keep safe, build homes, withstand
weather, and attract mates. These physical features are
called physical adaptations.
Adaptations develop over many generations.
The shape of a bird's beak, the number of fingers, colour
of the fur, the thickness of the fur, the shape of the nose
or ears are all examples of physical adaptations which
help different animals to survive.
Plants also have adaptations for survival.
4. Cactus
Photosynthesis
without
leaves…can
absorb and store
lots of water…
tough skin that
won’t dry
out…spikes to
repel grazing
animals
5. Camel
Can drink and
store huge
amounts of water.
Eyelashes, long
legs keep body
away from hot
sand. big feet to
stop it sinking into
sand. Excretes
hardly any water
8. STICK &LEAF INSECT
They can mimic their environment and they
look like leaf and dry stick
9. Polar Bear
Thick white fur for
camouflage and
warmth… fur made of
hollow hairs…blubber
under skin…like all
bears, store body fat..
stiff hairs on soles of
paws for grip
10. Humming Bird
Smallest bird can beat
wings 80 times a
second to hover in mid
air… long beak for
drinking nectar from
flowers…fastest
metabolism of any
animal, heart beats
1200 times a minute
11. Sexual Selection
Some adaptations,
usually in males, make
the male more likely to
attract a mate in
competition with other
males of the same
species.
12. . Humans
We have a massive brain
capable of thinking,
imagination and problem
solving.
We are the only
animals that can
make very complex
language.
We have opposable
thumps that can make
stuffs, more than any
animal can.
