Animal and Plant Adaptations PDF

What are examples of physical/structural adaptations? What are examples of behavioral adaptations? ADAPTATIONS  ADAPTATION Any characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment Organisms with successful adaptations survive more frequently th...

What are examples of physical/structural adaptations? What are examples of behavioral adaptations? ADAPTATIONS  ADAPTATION Any characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment Organisms with successful adaptations survive more frequently than other organisms Offspring inherit these adaptations Can be structural or behavioral  Physical Adaptation are adjustments to internal or external physical structures Fur color, long limbs, strong jaws, ability to run fast Help organisms survive in certain environments  Physical Adaptation ducks – webbed feet Physical Adaptation Cacti – thick, waxy cuticle  Physical Adaptation Turtles – hard shells  Physical Adaptation Shark – excellent sense of smell and sharp teeth  Physical Adaptation Pufferfish –spines, able to fill their bodies with air or water  Physical Adaptation Roses – thorns (modified leaves)  Physical adaptations A structural adaptation involves some part of an animal's body. Teeth Body coverings Movement  Behavioral Adaptation Adjustment in an organism’s behavior Examples: wolves travelling in packs, schools of fish, symbiotic relationships Help animals survive seasonal changes in the climate Examples: migration and hibernation Behavioral Adaptation Behaviour adaptations include activities that help an animal survive. Behaviour adaptations can be learned or instinctive. Social behaviour Behaviour for protection  ADAPTATIONS OF LIVING THINGS For Movement For breathing in ✔ Moving on land water ✔ Moving in water ✔ Skin ✔ Moving in air ✔ Gills ✔ Gill chambers ✔ Air tubes ✔ Air bubbles ✔ Special nostrils ✔ Blowholes  ADAPTATIONS OBTAINING To cope with the SUNLIGHT temperatures in ✔ Land plants the environment ✔ Aquatic plants ✔ Hot environment ✔ Cold environments  ADAPTATIONS FOR For reproduction PROTECTION ✔ In animals (body ✔ Body coverings covering, ✔ Poisonous skin lighting up, ✔ Appearing bigger behavior) ✔ Camouflage ✔ In plants ✔ Mimicry  Migration Animals migrate for This is when behavior involves oral different reasons. adaptation that an animal or group of better climate animals moving from better food one region to another safe place to live and then back again. safe place to raise young go back to the place they were born.  Hibernation This is deep sleep in which animal’s body temp drops, body activities are slowed to conserve energy. E.g. Bats, woodchucks & bears.  PLANT ADAPTATION Angiosperms- scented flowers that attract certain pollinators Orchids – have adaptations that help them survive wet, hot temperatures; pseudobulbs; aerial roots; drip-tip leaves Cacti – thick, waxy stems; dense, shallow roots  ANIMAL ADAPTATION Camouflage Mimicry (Protective the close external Coloration and resemblance of an Protective animal or plant (or Resemblance) part of one) to another animal, plant, or inanimate object. Camouflage Camouflage Camouflage Camouflage Mimicry Mimicry Mimicry Protective Coloration Coloration and protective resemblance allow an animal to blend into its environment. Another word for this might be camouflage. Their camouflage makes it hard for enemies to single out individuals.  Protective Resemblance Matching in Walking stick – color, shape and resembles a texture of an stick or a small environment branch in its environment  Mimicry Mimicry allows one animal to look, sound, or act like another animal to fool predators into thinking it is poisonous or dangerous.  What happens when living things cannot adapt to changes in their habitats? Extinct Endangered Endangered Animals Extinct Animals