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Adaptations - Camouflage 

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What are adaptations? 

Special characteristics that help organismssurvive in their natural habitats

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Types of adaptations 

Adaptations

Structural

(Special body

parts)

Behavioural

(Special ways an

organismbehaves)

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Purposes of adaptation 

Adaptations for Movement

- to move about efficiently to hunt for food

and escape from danger

Adaptations for Protection

- To protect the animals from theirpredators or against the temperature of 

their environment

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Adaptations for Protection 

Adaptations for protection

Camouflage Body coverings

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Camouflage 

- Blending in with the surroundings or

habitat

Animals are less likely to be eaten by

predators and more likely to catch

their prey

Better chance of survival

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Forms of Camouflage 

(1) Have colour and/or body shape that blend

into the surroundings

Polar Bear Cricket

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Forms of Camouflage 

(1) Have colour and/or that blend into the

surroundings (continued)

Leaf Insect  Stick Insect 

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Forms of Camouflage 

(1) Have colour and/or body shape that blend

into the surroundings (continued)

Stonefish

 – looks like a rock 

- has hardly visible

mouth and eyes

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Forms of Camouflage 

(2) Change their colours to blend into

surroundings

Octopus – just starting to

change its colour

Change in colour is

complete

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Forms of Camouflage 

(2) Change their colours to blend into the

surroundings (continued)

Flatfish lying on a sandy

seabed

Flatfish lying on a pebbled

seabed

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Forms of Camouflage 

(2) Change their colours to blend into the

surroundings (continued)

Chameleon blending in

with the green plants

Changing to brown colour

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Forms of Camouflage 

(2) Change their colours to blend into the

surroundings (continued)

Find the

katydid

in

each

picture

1 2

3 4

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Forms of Camouflage 

(3) Change their colours at different times of the

year

Arctic Fox in Summer Arctic Fox in Winter

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Forms of Camouflage 

(3) Change their colours at different times of the

year (continued)

Arctic Hare in Summer Arctic Hare in Winter

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Forms of Camouflage 

(4) Have ‘eyespots’ 

Butterfly fish Moth

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Forms of Camouflage 

(5) Use colours and patterns to look like another

organism (Mimicry)

Non-toxic viceroy butterfly -

Its colors and wing patterns are

similar to those of the monarch 

butterfly

Toxic monarch butterfly –  

Its bright orange wings are a

warning to birds to leave it alone

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Forms of Camouflage 

(5) Use colours and patterns to look like another

organism (Mimicry)

Leafy seadragon

looks live leavesHawk moth caterpillar

mimicking a snake

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Forms of Camouflage 

(6) Have stripes or spots to blend in

Spots and patches

on leopards

Vertical Stripes

on tigers

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Forms of Camouflage 

(6) Have stripes or spots to blend in (continued)

Black and white stripes on zebras-Blend in with the surroundings at night

- Difficult for the lion to pick out the weakest

zebra when the zebras run in all directions

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Forms of camouflage 

Have colour and /or body shape that blend

into the surroundings

Changes colour to blend into the surroundings

Changes colour at different times of the year

Have ‘eyespots’ 

Use colours and patterns that look like anotherorganism

Have stripes or spots to blend into the

surroundings