Animal Adaptations Created by: Adapted by: Science NetLinks
Rhonda Hawley
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What do you observe about these polar bears?
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What do you think the weather is like in this place?
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What adaptations do polar bears have that help them to live in
this cold place?
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How are these penguins like the polar bears you just saw?
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How are they different?
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How are they like the penguins we just saw?
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How are they different from the penguins we saw?
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What do you notice about the birds that helps them to live in
this place?
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What kind of place do you think these lions live in?
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What adaptations do the lions have that help them to live in
this place?
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What kind of place do these elephants live in?
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How are the elephants like the lions?
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Where do these dolphins live?
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What do you notice about the dolphins that help them to live
here?
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How is this otter like the dolphins?
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How is this otter different from the dolphins?
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Animals are alike in some ways and different in others.
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They all have certain adaptations that help them to live in
their particular habitat.
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Define adaptation. an alteration or adjustment of a body part,
or type of behavior, that fits an animal for a particular way of
living. My version: A change in a body part or behavior that makes
an animal able to live.
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Physical or behavioral adaptation? summer winter Ptarmigan
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Physical or behavioral adaptation?
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Physical or behavioral adaptation?
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Physical or behavioral adaptation?
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Physical or behavioral adaptation?
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Hex Bug Cockroach
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To wrap it all up: What are the five life processes? What is an
adaptation? How can camouflage help a animal? What is
biomimicry?
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Credits: This PowerPoint is adapted from Science NetLinks and
is found at:
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/ebook/animaldiversity/index.html
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/ebook/animaldiversity/index.html
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