Animal Adaptations
ACOS 12
Mrs. Mitchell Spring 2011
3. Think about the way you dress in the winter.
And what if you are having a snowball fight?
The way you dress in the winter, as well as the way that you run and hide from someone throwing snow at you are kinds of …_____________________________
4. Adaptations
• What is an adaptation?
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5. Animals have certain adaptations that help them to survive.
6. We can separate adaptations into two categories:
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7.Physical adaptations:
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8. Some examples of physical adaptations are:
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9.Physical Adaptation
• Sometimes an animal’s colors can be a difference between life and death.
• Animals use their colors to blend into the environment.
• What is this called?
10. ___________________________________is use of color in a surrounding
11,12, 13. Look closely to find this animal!
14.Mimicry
• Animals may also try to look like another animals.
• For example, non poisonous snakes will rattle their tale and flatten their head to look poisonous to a predator.
• This is called Mimicry, where an animal tries to mimic or copy another.
15. Other forms of mimicry…
• Another example of mimicry involves the monarch butterfly, which is toxic and very nasty to eat. Its bright orange coloration is a warning to birds to leave it alone. The non-toxic viceroy butterfly has developed colors and wing patterns that are very similar to those of the monarch and so most birds won’t take a chance by taste-testing it!
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17. ___________________________ examples are venom ink and sprays.
18. Body coverings & parts
A structural adaptation involves some part of an animal's body, such as the size or shape of the teeth, the animal's body covering, or the way the animal moves.
Teeth - since different animals eat different things, they don't all have the same kind of teeth
Body coverings - Hair, scales, spines, and feathers grow from the skin. All of these parts help animals survive in their environments.
Movement - animals find food by moving from place to place
19. Behavior Adaptations
20. Behavior adaptations are_____________________________________.
Physical adaptations are _________________________________________.
21. Behavioral adaptations are divided into two groups:
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22. Instinctive behaviors=
23. Learned behaviors=
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24. 2 ways to describe adaptations:
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Hibernation- is a deep sleep in which an animal's body temperature drops to about the temperature of the environment. Body activities, such as heartbeat and breathing are slowed causing the animal to need very little food.
Animals that hibernate are
bats
woodchucks
snakes
bears.
During the hibernation the animals live off of the fat that is stored in their body.
Migration-is the behavioural adaptation that involves an animal or group of animals moving from one region to another and then back again.
Animals migrate for different reasons. The reasons are as follows.
better climate
better food
safe place to live
safe place to raise young
go back to the place they were born.