ADAPTATIONSDONE BYRAHAVEE

CONTENTS

•SCITIFIC NAME •ABOUT IT•ADAPTATIONS

FLYING FISH

•SCITIFIC NAME•ABOUT IT•ADAPTATIONS

TUMBLE WEED

•SCITIFIC NAME•ABOUT IT•ADAPTATIONS

PEBBLE PLANT

FLYING

FISH SCITIFIC NAME-EXOCOETIDAE

FLYING FISH

FLYING FISH ARE FOUND IN TROPICAL AREAS. THEY FEED ON PLAKTON CLOSE TO THE SURFACE.THEY ARE THE PREY OF DOLPHINES.IT CAN FLY OUTSIDE THE WATER.

ADAPTATIONS

WHEN A DOLPHINE FISH STARTS AN ATTACK THE FLYING FISH SWIMS FASTER AND FASTER.IT MOVES UPWARDS IN THE WATER.

• WHEN IT MOVES AT ABOUT 60KPH IT BREAKS THROUGH THE SEA SURFACE AND GLIDES THROUGH THE AIR ON ITS LONG WIDE FRONT FINS.

THE LOWER PART OF THE TAIL FIN IS LONG,AND AS THE FISH RISES INTO THE AIR IT WAVES ITS TAIL FIN 50 TIMES A SECOND SO THE LOWER FIN REPEATEDLY PUSHES AGAINST THE WATER AND GIVES THE FISH EXTRA THRUST TO MAKE ITS FLIGHT

• THE FLYING FISH CAN TRAVEL UPTO 200M OUTSIDE THE SEA.

TUM

BLE WEED SCITIFIC NAME-salsola tragus

TUMBLE WEED

PLANTS WHICH GROW TALL CAN DISPERSE THEIR SEEDS INTO THE WIND.WOODY PLANTS ON SOME GRASSLANDS CANNOT GROW TALL BECAUSE THE WINDS WOULD BLOW THEM OVER, SO THEY MUST DISPERSE THEIR SEEDS IN ANOTHER WAY.

ADAPTATIONS

BREAKS OFF ITS SHOOT FULL OF SEEDS.

• THE DEAD SHOOT CAN THEN BE BLOWN OVER THE GRASSLAND BY WIND AND LOSE ITS SEED AS IT GOES.

IT ENROLLS ITSELF.

• IT MOVES BY TUMBLEEING[ROLLING]

PEBBLE PLANT SCITIFIC NAME-LITHOPS

PEBBLE PLANT

PEBBLE PLANT GROWS IN THE DESSERT OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.THEY LOOK LIKE STONES,TO PROTECT THEM FROM PREDATORS.IT HAS ONLY TWO LEAVES.

ADAPTATIONS

THEY COMOUFLAGE THEMSELVES TO PROTECT THEM FROM ANIMALS.

• THEY LOOK LIKE PEBBLES.

THE LEAVES MAKE AN ALMOST SPHERICAL SHAPE.THIS ALLOWS THE PLANT TO HAVE A LARGE VOLUME FOR STORING WATER.