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When you hear the word When you hear the word adaptation what do you adaptation what do you think of? Explain.think of? Explain.

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Explain how you use science in your Explain how you use science in your everyday life out of school.everyday life out of school.

When you hear the word adaptation When you hear the word adaptation what do you think of? Explain.what do you think of? Explain.

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Animal AdaptationsAnimal Adaptations

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Types of Types of AdaptationAdaptationAnything that helps an organism Anything that helps an organism

survive in its environment is an survive in its environment is an adaptation.  adaptation. 

It also refers to the ability of living things to It also refers to the ability of living things to adjust to different conditions within their adjust to different conditions within their environments.  environments.  Structural adaptationStructural adaptation Protective colorationProtective colorationMimicryMimicry  Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptationsMigrationMigrationHibernationHibernation

Structural adaptationsStructural adaptations

A A structural adaptationstructural adaptation involves involves some part of an animal's body.some part of an animal's body.

Teeth Teeth Body coverings    Body coverings    MovementMovement

Protective ColorationProtective ColorationColoration Coloration and and

protective protective resemblanceresemblance allow an allow an animal to blend into its animal to blend into its environment.  environment. 

Another word for this Another word for this might be camouflage. might be camouflage.  Their camouflage Their camouflage makes it hard for makes it hard for enemies to single out enemies to single out individuals.  individuals.  

MimicryMimicryMimicryMimicry allows allows

one animal to one animal to look, sound, or look, sound, or act like another act like another animal to fool animal to fool predators into predators into thinking it is thinking it is poisonous or poisonous or dangerous.  dangerous.  

Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations

include activities that include activities that help an animal survive.  help an animal survive. 

Behaviour adaptations Behaviour adaptations can be learned or can be learned or instinctive. instinctive.

Social behaviour   Social behaviour   Behaviour for Behaviour for

protection  protection  

MigrationMigration

Animals migrate for Animals migrate for different reasons.  different reasons. 

better climate better climate better food better food safe place to live safe place to live safe place to raise young safe place to raise young go back to the place they go back to the place they

were born. were born.

This is when behavioural adaptation This is when behavioural adaptation that involves an animal or group of that involves an animal or group of animals moving from one region to animals moving from one region to another and then back again. another and then back again. 

HibernationHibernationThis is deep sleep in which animal’s This is deep sleep in which animal’s

body temp droops, body activities are body temp droops, body activities are slowed to conserve energy.slowed to conserve energy.

E.g. Bats, woodchucks & bears.E.g. Bats, woodchucks & bears.