Animal AdaptationsAnimal Adaptations

Activity1: Adaptation NotesActivity1: Adaptation Notes

Adaptations = anything that helps an animal Adaptations = anything that helps an animal survive in their environmentsurvive in their environment

Structural =

Structural Behavioral

Behavior =

Innate Learned

Types of AdaptationTypes of Adaptation   

Structural adaptationStructural adaptation = a physical = a physical characteristic determined by geneticscharacteristic determined by genetics

Protective colorationProtective coloration MimicryMimicry  

Behavioural adaptations = innate Behavioural adaptations = innate (instinctual) or learned(instinctual) or learned

MigrationMigration HibernationHibernation

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    Movement Movement

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

What would probably What would probably happen if we reversed the happen if we reversed the environment for these environment for these animals?animals?

MimicryMimicry MimicryMimicry allows one allows one

animal to look, sound, animal to look, sound, or act like another or 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 adaptations

Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations include activities that help include activities that help an animal survive.  an animal survive. 

Behaviour adaptations can Behaviour adaptations can be learned or innate. be learned or innate.

Social behaviour   Social behaviour   Behaviour for protection   Behaviour for 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 a behavioural This is a behavioural adaptation that involves adaptation that involves an animal or group of an animal or group of animals moving from animals moving from one region to another one region to another and then back again. and then back again. 

HibernationHibernation This is deep sleep in which animal’s body This is deep sleep in which animal’s body

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

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

Schooling FishSchooling Fish

Behavioral Behavioral adaptationadaptation Swim in same Swim in same

directiondirection Coordinated Coordinated

patternspatterns

http://http://www.youtube.com/www.youtube.com/watch?watch?v=syL4RAHCWscv=syL4RAHCWsc

Mullet Schooling as Mullet Schooling as a dolphin huntsa dolphin hunts

http://http://www.youtube.com/www.youtube.com/watch?watch?v=IumVnppaobAv=IumVnppaobA

Some more examplesSome more examples

Video Clip – Video Clip – Adaptations in Action Adaptations in Action (Perth Australia Zoo)(Perth Australia Zoo)

http://www.youtube.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?watch?v=wEDxThDINgQ&featurev=wEDxThDINgQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1=endscreen&NR=1

Lab Journal: Lab Journal: Create a list of the Create a list of the additional additional examples of examples of adaptations you adaptations you observe in the observe in the videovideo

How do these How do these adaptations “fit” adaptations “fit” the environment?the environment?

Activity 3Activity 3: Table Discussions: Table Discussions16. What happens if a species can’t adapt to changes in their environment? 17. How does genetic diversity help a species to adapt to changes in the environment?18. How do the Laws of Genetics help a species survive within an environment?19. What key structural adaptations do we have as a species? 20. Do we have mainly instinctive or learned behavioral adaptations? __________ What would Mr. Mundt call this set of actions? _______________ Hint: It begins with a “c.”