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Adaptation

Adaptation. Design a Species. What is adaptation?. The process whereby a species evolves characteristics that enable it to survive in a particular habitat. Adaptations allow species to live successfully in their habitat. Species living in different habitats need different adaptations.

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Adaptation

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  1. Adaptation Design a Species

  2. What is adaptation? The process whereby a species evolves characteristics that enable it to survive in a particular habitat. • Adaptations allow species to live successfully in their habitat. • Species living in different habitats need different adaptations.

  3. Marine habitat

  4. Movement Yellowfin tuna

  5. Communication Giant cuttlefish Humpback whale

  6. Regulating body temperature Walrus Galapagos marine iguana

  7. Diurnal or nocturnal Humphead parrotfish Common lobster

  8. Camouflage Pygmy seahorse

  9. Escaping predation Five-lined snapper Gulf torpedo ray Purple sea urchin

  10. Effective hunting Emperor penguin Great white shark Yellow-bellied sea snake

  11. Design your own species! • Divide into small groups • Each group will be given a habitat card and either predator or prey card • Using the ARKive website (www.arkive.org), find examples of predator/prey species adapted to your habitat. • Using this research, design your own species!

  12. Meet the spiny skipper – a prey species adapted for the marine environment.

  13. Things to think about… • What does it eat? • Is it brightly coloured or camouflaged? • How does it move? • Does it live with other members of the same species? • How does it keep warm / cool? • Where does it live? E.g. trees? Burrows? Underground? • How big is it?

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