Plant and Animal Adaptations

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Plant and Animal Adaptations
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Adaptation

• An adaptation is a structure or behavior that
  helps organisms survive in their surroundings.
• A structure is a body part that does a certain
  job.

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Survival

• Animals live all over the world and in many
  different environments.
• Each kind of animal has adapted over many years
  to suit their environment.
• Animals that do not adapt do not survive or they
  go somewhere else.

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Land or Water

• Most animals are either suited for land or water.
• Lungs are adaptations that allow organisms to
  breathe on land.
• Gills are adaptations that allow organisms to
  breathe under water.

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Camouflage

• Camouflage is the shape, color, or pattern of an
  animal that helps it blend in with its
  surroundings

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Why Camouflage?

• Animals camouflage to protect them from their
  predators or to hide from their prey so they can
  attack.

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Mimicry

• Mimicry is one organism looking like another kind
  of organism in its environment so it can escape
  predators or catch prey.

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Monarch or VICEROY

• The Monarch butterfly is very bad tasting to its
  predators.
• The Viceroy butterfly will mimic the Monarch
  butterfly so it will not be eaten.

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Attracting Mates

• Some animals are brightly colored to attract
  mates.

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Teeth-Carnivores

• Meat-eating animals have sharp teeth for tearing
  and ripping their prey.

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Teeth-Herbivores

• Animals that eat leaves and grasses have large
  flat teeth for chewing.

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Eyes-In Front

• Predators usually have eyes in the front to see
  prey.

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Eyes-On the side

• Prey usually have eyes on the side to search for
  predators.

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Behaviors

• Desert animals may hide from the sun.

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Plant Adaptations

• Desert plants like Cacti have adapted by having
  few or no leaves to limit transpiration.

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Plant Adaptations

• Plants roots will grow toward the water source.

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Questions
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What is an adaptation?
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An adaptation is a structure or behavior that
helps organisms survive in their surroundings.
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Name some adaptations of the animal.
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Tusk-ProtectionSkin-Water AbsorptionEyes-On the
side to see predators
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Name some adaptations of the animal.
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Beak-Getting nectarClaws-BalanceWings-FlyingEye
s-On the side