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Penguin Diversity. What is adaptation? “the way animals and plants become better at living in their habitat” Adaptations allow animals and plants to live.

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1 Penguin Diversity

2 What is adaptation? “the way animals and plants become better at living in their habitat” Adaptations allow animals and plants to live successfully in their habitat. Animals and plants that live in different habitats need different adaptations.

3 What do you know about penguins?

4 Are birds and have feathers Penguins Warm blooded (like mammals) Cannot fly There are 18 different species of penguin Eat fish, squid and crustaceans (like krill) Live in the Southern Hemisphere Young penguins are called chicks Are very good swimmers

5 Staying warm Emperor penguin

6 Movement – on land Emperor penguin Magellanic penguin Gentoo penguin

7 Movement – in water Gentoo penguinKing penguin

8 Effective hunting Emperor penguin

9 Avoiding Predators Looking up Looking down

10 We will now look at how 5 different species of penguin are adapted to survive in their different habitats.

11 Emperor penguin

12 Galapagos penguin

13 Rockhopper penguin

14 Adelie penguin

15 Chinstrap penguin

16 Activity Make your own penguin mask!

17 Chinstrap penguin Rockhopper penguinEmperor penguin (chick) Yellow-eyed penguin Macaroni penguin King penguin


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