Animal Adaptations

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Animal Adaptations
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Types of Adaptation

• Anything that helps an organism survive in its
  environment is an adaptation. 
• It also refers to the ability of living things to
  adjust to different conditions within their
  environments. 
• The 3 types of animal adaptations are. . .
• 1. Behavioral an action that aids survival (Ex.
  Hibernation or Migration)
• 2. Physiological jobs of body parts controlling
  life processes that aids survival (Ex. Snake
  making venom, storage of food in a bulb)
• 3. Structural a body part or coloring that aids
  survival
• Ex. Protective coloration (camouflage)
• Mimicry 

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Structural adaptations

• A structural adaptation involves some part of an
  animal's body.
• Teeth
• Body coverings   
• Movement

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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.  

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Mimicry

• Mimicry allows one animal to look, sound, or act
  like another animal to fool predators into
  thinking it is poisonous or dangerous.  

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Behaviour adaptations

• Behaviour adaptations include activities that
  help an animal survive. 
• Behaviour adaptations can be learned or
  instinctive.
• Social behaviour  
• Behaviour for protection  

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Migration

• Animals migrate for different reasons. 
• better climate
• better food
• safe place to live
• safe place to raise young
• go back to the place they were born.

• This is when behavioral adaptation that involves
  an animal or group of animals moving from one
  region to another and then back again. 

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Hibernation

• This is deep sleep in which animals body temp
  droops, body activities are slowed to conserve
  energy.
• E.g. Bats, woodchucks bears.

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Assignment

• Look at each picture.
• Research, list, and explain as many external
  features, behaviors, or physiology (structural
  functions) of the organism that enhances its
  survival.

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Hummingbird
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Bear
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Bulbs
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Hedgehog
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Wasp
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Tree frog
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Lion
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Snake
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Bat
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Hammerhead Shark
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Turtle
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Moray Eel
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Tarantula
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Clownfish