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Adaptations Worksheet

1. Identify and describe the 3 different types of adaptations.

2. What is the relationship between an organism’s adaptations and its niche?

3. Describe the following adaptations (What is it and what is its purpose):a. Camouflage

b. Mimicry

c. Aestivation

d. Migration

e. Hibernation

4. Describe how the following bird adaptations might help it to survive in its environment.a. Webbed feet

b. Claws

c. Shape and size of beak

d. Colourful feathers

e. Long tail feathers

f. Having particular songs/calls

g. Hollow bones

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5. Use the following website to examine the adaptations that a plant may have living in a particular environment. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/adapt.html

Choose one of the biomes and draw a plant that might live in that environment and label and explain all the adaptations that it may have.