Animal AdaptationsAnimal Adaptations

Key term to use:Key term to use:

““Surface Area to Volume ratio”Surface Area to Volume ratio”

Types of AdaptationTypes of Adaptation ‘‘Any feature or behaviour that helps an organism Any feature or behaviour that helps an organism

survive in its environment’ is an adaptation.  survive in its environment’ is an adaptation. 

It also refers to the ability of living things to It also refers to the ability of living things to adjustadjust to different conditions within their environments.  to different conditions within their environments. 

Structural adaptationStructural adaptation CamouflageCamouflage MimicryMimicry   Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations MigrationMigration HibernationHibernation

Structural adaptationsStructural adaptations

A A structural structural adaptationadaptation involves some part involves some part of an animal's of an animal's body…body…

     

Teeth…Teeth…

Body coverings…Body coverings…

CamouflageCamouflage Coloration Coloration and and

protective protective resemblanceresemblance allow allow an animal to blend an animal to blend into its environment.  into its environment. 

Another word for this Another word for this might be camouflage.  might be camouflage.  Their camouflage Their camouflage makes it hard for makes it hard for enemies to single out enemies to single out individuals.  individuals.  

““Look at me – I’m Look at me – I’m dangerous!”dangerous!”

““Don’t look at me...”Don’t look at me...”

“…“…please!!”please!!”

What is it??What is it??

MimicryMimicry MimicryMimicry allows one allows one

animal to look, sound, animal to look, sound, or act like another or act like another animal to fool animal to fool predators into predators into thinking it is thinking it is poisonous or poisonous or dangerous.  dangerous.  

Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations

Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations include activities that help include activities that help an animal survive.  an animal survive. 

Behaviour adaptations can Behaviour adaptations can be learned or instinctive. be learned or instinctive.

Social behaviour   Social behaviour   Behaviour for protection   Behaviour for protection  

MigrationMigration Animals migrate for Animals migrate for

different reasons.  different reasons. 

better climate better climate better food better food safe place to live safe place to live safe place to raise young safe place to raise young go back to the place they go back to the place they

were born. were born.

This is when behavioural This is when behavioural adaptation that involves adaptation that involves an animal or group of an animal or group of animals moving from one animals moving from one region to another and region to another and then back again. then back again. 

HibernationHibernation This is deep sleep in which animal’s body This is deep sleep in which animal’s body

temp droops, body activities are slowed to temp droops, body activities are slowed to conserve energy.conserve energy.

E.g. Bats, squirrels & bears.E.g. Bats, squirrels & bears.

What is a ‘desert’?What is a ‘desert’?

Adaptations to cold deserts:Adaptations to cold deserts:

Adaptations to hot deserts:Adaptations to hot deserts:

Prep: draw two mind Prep: draw two mind maps to show maps to show

adaptations of polar adaptations of polar bear and camel to bear and camel to

their desert their desert environments.environments.

Future zebra adaptation…Future zebra adaptation…