adaptations of animals and plants
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presentation for middle school students on adaptations of various animals and plants to their environmentsTRANSCRIPT
ADAPTATIONS
THE SURVIVAL
TRICKS
DESERTS – A HARSH HABITAT
LONG LEGS
HUMP
WOOL or FUR
TWO ROWS OF LONG EYELASHES
BROAD, FLAT ANDLEATHERYPADS
NOSTRILS CAN BE CLOSED
THICK LEATHERY PATCHES ON THE KNEES
HAIR INTHE EARS
A CLOSER LOOK
…..BEATING THE HEAT IN
BURROWS
LOOKING FORMIDABLE
– FEW PLANTS CAN SURVIVE IN THIS RUTHLESS LAND
CACTUS
LONG ROOTS
MOUNTAINS – THE FRIGID
ZONE
SNOW LEOPARD
FUR ON FEET
MOUNTAIN GOAT
HOOVES OFFER GRIP WOOL
YAK
ARCTIC FOX
….IN WINTER
….AND IN SUMMER
IT IS PLAY TIME…
PENGUINS
DRESSED UP FOR WINTER
BRAVING THE COLD
PINE LEAVES
GRASS LANDS
HERE LIFE IS ON A SPEED TRACK
DESIGNED FOR
HUNTING
FRONTAL EYES FOR 3D VISION AND DIALATING PUPIL FOR NIGHT VISION
PATTERNS THAT MERGE
EXCELLENT SENSE OF SMELL
PADDED FEETFOR SILENT STALKING
RETRACTABLE CLAWS FOR CLANDESTINE PURSUIT
LARGE, SHARP CANINE TEETH
AND THE HUNTED
EARS TO EVESDROP
LONG, SLENDER LEGS FOR SPEED
LATERAL EYES FOR VIGIL
OCEANS
THE WATER WORLD
PATTERNS OF SURVIVAL
FINSSTREAM LINED BODY
THE LARGEST ANIMAL
BLOW HOLES
COUNTER SHADING
Bluish Grey
White
THE LARGEST INVERTIBRATE
GIANT SQUID
STREAM LINED SWIMMING
CUTTLE FISH
SQUIRTING ‘INK’
GILLS OF CRAB – DESIGNED TO KEEP
MOISTURE
CORAL REEF – A UNIQUE HABITAT
PONDS
WATER HYACINTH
WATER CABBAGE
HYDRILLA
LOTUS
HOLOW STEM
WATER LILY
SEA WEED?
LEAFY SEA DRAGON
PERFECT CAMOUFLAGUE
A STICK INSECT
WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
JUST A DRY LEAF… OR SOMETHING
ELSE?
LEAF OR INSECT?
LEAF INSECT
PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK
CHAMELEON
STEALTH AND SPEED
PRAYING MANTIS
PERFECT AMBUSH
STARE THAT SCARES
EMPOROR MOTH
COLOURED TO WARN
COLOURED TO WARN
MONARCH BUTTERFLYMONARCH
BUTTERFLY
BRIGHT COLOURS SIGNAL DANGER
VICEROY BUTTERFLY
COLOURS OF DECEPTION
SWALLOW TAIL
MIMICRYA and B are real wasps .
C,D and E are flies
and F is a beetle
PEPPERED MOTHS
THE TWO SPECIES
THE TWO
SPECIES
EVOLUTION IN ACTION
AMPHIBIANS
- LEADING TWIN LIVES
WEBBEDFEET
FLYING FROG
MIMICING LEAVES
CRYPTIC FROG
- LEAFY REFUGE
SPOT ME…
IF YOU CAN
TREE FROG
GREEN REMEDIES
COLOUR IS THE KEY..
…FOR SURVIVAL
LEAPING RAINBOW
RED EYED TREE FROG
TOAD
CAECILIAN
NEWT
SALAMANDER
MUD SALAMANDER
RAIN FORESTS
HOTSPOTS OF BIODIVERSITY
TAUCAN
LONG, MASSIVE BEAKS TO REACH OUT
PARROT
SHARP, CURVEDBEAK FOR BREAKINGHARD NUTS
SHARP, STRONG AND CURVED BEAK FOR TEARING FLESH
KING VULTURE
EAGLE’S CURVED TALONS
FOR CAPTURING
PREY
CATTLE EGRET
LONG LEGS
WEBBED FEET
LONG BEAK
LONG LEGS
WOOD STORK
HUMMING BIRD
LONGANDPOINTEDBEAK
FLAT FEETREDUCE PRESSURE
STRONG TUSKSTO CARRY FOOD ANDWARD OFF ENEMEYS
POWERFULBUT FLEXIBLETRUNK FOR FEEDING,FIGHTING AND VOCALISING
EARS THAT COOL
LION TAILED MONKEY
FRONTAL EYES
TAIL FOR BALANCING
LONG TOESFOR CLIMBING
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