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Animal & Plant adaptations

Animal & Plant adaptations. What is Adaptation?. TRAITS that help organisms meet their basic needs and SURVIVE in their SURROUNDINGS. Plants and Animals need PROTECTION from some things around them. What are some of those things?. 2 Types of Adaptations. STRUCTURAL

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Animal & Plant adaptations

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  1. Animal & Plant adaptations

  2. What is Adaptation? • TRAITS that help organisms meet their basic needs and SURVIVE in their SURROUNDINGS. • Plants and Animals need PROTECTION from some things around them. • What are some of those things?

  3. 2 Types of Adaptations • STRUCTURAL • How the plant or animal is made. • BEHAVIORAL • How the organism acts or behaves

  4. EXAMPLES of Structural KANGAROO Pouch Woodpecker beak and feet Poison dart frog alarming color! Cactus waxy coating, thorns and wide roots

  5. Examples of Behavioral Herding Instinct when scared Migrating Monarchs to Mexico Alarmed posture Bird building nest Migrating Geese

  6. ADAPTATIONS Cont’ • Mimicry • Camouflage • Hibernation • Migration

  7. adaptations Structural Behavioral Camouflage Mimicry Training a dog Playing possum Burrowing rabbit Walking stick, caterpillar blending into green leaves, lizard blending into surroundings Coral snake vs. King Snake Monarch butterfly vs. Viceroy butterfly

  8. CONCLUSION • DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIORAL? STRUCTURAL?

  9. Back to Tree Map

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  14. Back to Tree Map Not Dead, just faking to stay alive.

  15. Going underground for SAFETY Back to Tree Map

  16. Back to Tree Map Learned behavior – not born knowing how to do these tricks

  17. adaptations _________ _________ _________ _________ ______________ ____________________ __________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

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