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AdaptationsAdaptations
Adaptations- changes plants and Adaptations- changes plants and animals make to help them survive.animals make to help them survive.
Environmental Environmental niche- an niche- an organism’s specific organism’s specific place in its habitat. place in its habitat. • You could say that You could say that
an organism’s niche an organism’s niche describes what it describes what it does for a living.does for a living.
• What it eats, how it What it eats, how it gathers food, and gathers food, and where and when it where and when it “works.”“works.”
ScavengersScavengers
An animal that eats An animal that eats the remains of the remains of dead animals.dead animals.
ParrotsParrots
Carry seeds to different places.Carry seeds to different places.
Structural Structural adaptations- have adaptations- have to do with the to do with the animal’s body or animal’s body or how it looks.how it looks.• Teeth Great White Teeth Great White
SharkShark
Structural AdaptationsStructural Adaptations
Camouflage- animals use camouflage Camouflage- animals use camouflage to hide from other animals.to hide from other animals.
Behavioral Behavioral adaptations- adaptations- changes to the way changes to the way an animal acts.an animal acts.• White tailed deer White tailed deer
communicate communicate danger by stomping danger by stomping and snorting.and snorting.
Behavioral AdaptationBehavioral Adaptation
Migration- moving Migration- moving to different places to different places to find cooler or to find cooler or warmer weather, warmer weather, as well as food.as well as food.
Behavioral AdaptationBehavioral Adaptation
Hibernation- sleeping through cold Hibernation- sleeping through cold winters when it is hard to find food.winters when it is hard to find food.