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7.1 Animal Adaptations Part A: Types of AdaptationsGo to: http://education.seattlepi.com/three-types-environmental-adaptations-6563.html

1. What are the necessary conditions for a characteristic to be considered an adaptation?

2. Summarize what a structural adaptation is and give an expample.

3. Summarize what a physiological adaptation is and give an expample.

4. Summarize what a behavioral adaptation is and give an expample.

Part B: Examples of Adaptations

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Adaptation: Fur turns white during the cold snowy winter months

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Adaptation: Produces very little sweat and urine

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Adaptation: Long, powerful legs

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Adaptation: Hibernation

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Adaptation: Long, muscular neck and long, flexible toungue

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Adaptation: Hooves with a soft spongy, inner pad surrounded by hard, outer rim

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Adaptation: Birds traveling in flocks

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Adaptation: Wings that look like flippers

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Adaptation: Venom

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Adaptation: Oil stored in their livers

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Adaptation: Webbed feet

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Adaptation: Communal or family group living

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