Animal & Plant adaptations

What is Adaptation?• TRAITS that help organisms meet

their basic needs and SURVIVE in their SURROUNDINGS.

• Plants and Animals need PROTECTION from some things around them.–What are some of those things?

2 Types of Adaptations

• STRUCTURAL–How the plant or animal is made.

• BEHAVIORAL–How the organism acts or behaves

EXAMPLES of Structural

KANGAROO Pouch

Woodpecker beak and feet

Cactus waxy coating, thorns and wide roots

Poison dart frog alarming color!

Examples of BehavioralHerding Instinct when scared

Migrating Monarchs to Mexico

Migrating Geese

Alarmed posture

Bird building nest

ADAPTATIONS Cont’

•Mimicry•Camouflage•Hibernation•Migration

adaptations

StructuralBehavioral

Camouflage Mimicry

Walking stick, caterpillar blending into green leaves, lizard blending into surroundings

Coral snake vs. King Snake

Monarch butterfly vs. Viceroy butterfly

Playing possum

Burrowing rabbit

Training a dog

CONCLUSION• DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER

EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIORAL? STRUCTURAL?

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Not Dead, just faking to stay alive.

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Learned behavior – not born knowing how to do these tricks

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