Adaptations

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Adaptations
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What is an adaptation?

• Any body part, body covering, or behavior that
  helps an animal live in its environment is an
  adaptation.

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Body Coverings

• There are different kinds of body coverings that
  help an animal survive.
• Skin
• Scales
• Feathers
• Fur

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Skin

• Skin is the outer covering of an animals body.
• It helps protect the organs.
• It also helps keep the correct body temperature
  of some animals.
• Skin can hold or release water as needed.

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Body Coverings

• Body coverings help protect body organs.

How does an armadillos body covering help it
survive?
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How does this lions fur help it survive?
The lion has thick fur around its neck where
injuries could be very serious.
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How does fur help this animal survive?
The polar bears fur is very thick which helps
it survive in its cold environment.
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Scales

• Scales are small thin plates that cover the skin
  of most fish and all reptiles.

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Scales

• Fish scales can be smooth, rough or pointed.
• Fish scales are slippery.
• They help the fish glide through the water.

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Scales

• Snakes have scales that are dry.
• Most snakes have scales that overlap and stretch
  apart when it moves.

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Feathers

• Feathers are a strong, lightweight outer covering
  of birds.
• Down feathers keep the birds body at the correct
  temperature.

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Some body parts are for getting food.
An eagles talons are sharp and strong. This
allows the eagle to hang on to its prey.
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Adaptations in Body Parts

• Tell how each of the following animals uses
  special body parts to help it get food or protect
  itself.

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Beaver
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Snowshoe Rabbit
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Hawk
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Mouthparts

• An animals mouth can be an adaptation also.
• Look at the following pictures and tell how that
  animals mouth is an adaptation for the kind of
  food it eats.

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Pelican
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Heron
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Finch
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Goose
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Special Adaptations

• What kind of adaptation is this animal using?

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Camouflage

• Being able to blend into the environment is an
  adaptation called camouflage.
• Camouflage helps an animal hide from predators or
  from prey.

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What kind of adaptation is this shark using?
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Countershading

• Countershading is an adaptation in which the top
  side of an animal is a different color from the
  bottom.
• Most fish have this adaptation.
• When seen from below, the fish blend with the
  waters surface and the sky. When seen from
  above, they blend with the bottom of the lake,
  river or ocean.

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This animal is has an adaptation. What is it?
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Warning Coloration

• Some animals have bright colors to make them
  stand out.
• The colors tell predators, I might be dangerous!

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Mimicry

• Mimicry is when one animal looks like a more
  dangerous one.
• Predators are fooled by the way the animal looks
  and they leave it alone.

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Look at these animals that use mimicry.
The viceroy mimics (copies) the monarch butterfly
which is poisonous if eaten.
Monarch butterfly
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Mimicry
The king snake mimics the coral snake which is
poisonous.
Coral snake