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Page 1: Animal Adaptations. How do animals meet their needs? An animal’s physical properties helps it to survive. An animal’s physical properties helps it to

Animal Animal AdaptationsAdaptations

Page 2: Animal Adaptations. How do animals meet their needs? An animal’s physical properties helps it to survive. An animal’s physical properties helps it to

How do animals meet How do animals meet their needs?their needs?

An animal’s An animal’s physical properties physical properties helps it to survive.helps it to survive.

Can you list a Can you list a variety of ways variety of ways animals are animals are adapted?adapted?

Page 3: Animal Adaptations. How do animals meet their needs? An animal’s physical properties helps it to survive. An animal’s physical properties helps it to

Why is adaptation Why is adaptation necessary?necessary?

SURVIVAL!SURVIVAL!

ProtectionProtectionFrom PredatorsFrom PredatorsAgainst weather conditions/climateAgainst weather conditions/climateFrom Surrounding areaFrom Surrounding area

Get foodGet foodBodies are structured to live and eat Bodies are structured to live and eat

what is in that environment/habitatwhat is in that environment/habitat

Page 4: Animal Adaptations. How do animals meet their needs? An animal’s physical properties helps it to survive. An animal’s physical properties helps it to

Is adaptation a learned Is adaptation a learned behavior or an inherited trait?behavior or an inherited trait?

Both!Both!

An animal isAn animal isstructured to fit instructured to fit inits habitat and fulfill its habitat and fulfill its basic needs!its basic needs!

Some animals learn how to survive Some animals learn how to survive from other animals in its species.from other animals in its species.

Page 5: Animal Adaptations. How do animals meet their needs? An animal’s physical properties helps it to survive. An animal’s physical properties helps it to

Meeting Basic NeedsMeeting Basic Needs

Some animals do not need to be Some animals do not need to be in groups to survive and live in in groups to survive and live in isolation some of the time.isolation some of the time.

What animals do you know of What animals do you know of that live alone for periods of that live alone for periods of time?time?

Page 6: Animal Adaptations. How do animals meet their needs? An animal’s physical properties helps it to survive. An animal’s physical properties helps it to

Meeting Basic NeedsMeeting Basic Needs

Other animals need and depend Other animals need and depend on other animals in its species for on other animals in its species for survival.survival.

What animals do you know of that What animals do you know of that live in groups? Why? How does live in groups? Why? How does this help?this help?

Page 7: Animal Adaptations. How do animals meet their needs? An animal’s physical properties helps it to survive. An animal’s physical properties helps it to

Back to our original Back to our original question;question;

For the following slide write in yourFor the following slide write in your

notebooks the answer to theses notebooks the answer to theses questions.questions.

What are animal adaptations?What are animal adaptations?How do these adaptations help animals How do these adaptations help animals

to survive in their environment.to survive in their environment.

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Hippopotamus Hippopotamus

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FishFish

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AlligatorAlligator

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Orangutan Orangutan

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On Your OwnOn Your Own

1.1. Think of an animal.Think of an animal.2.2. What are two adaptations What are two adaptations for that animal? See if for that animal? See if you can name one you can name one inherit adaptation and inherit adaptation and one learned behavior one learned behavior for adaptation.for adaptation.

3. Tell how the two adaptations allow 3. Tell how the two adaptations allow the animal to survive.the animal to survive.