1. © A. Weinberg *Pick up new booklet by the door* 1.What is an adaptation? 2.Give 2 examples of adaptations in living things.

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3. Any trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce Organisms are born with these traits You can’t move to Antartica and grow fur just because you are cold…it’s not in your genes

4. © A. Weinberg What does the frog do in the winter to survive? Is this acquired or inherited?

5. Parts of body Organ Structures Camouflage Mimicry Chemical defenses Behaviors/responses

6. CLAWS Armor plates Spines Feet Beak Quills Horns Trunks Teeth/Fangs EXAMPLES

7. Hollow bird bones make flying and gliding easier Fish fins help them swim and move through water Dense roots help trees grow in soil Hollow fur hairs help insulate a polar bear against the cold

8. Camouflage: Inherited trait that helps an organism look like its surroundings EXAMPLES © A. Weinberg Tiger stripes Gecko Chameleon Rabbit Sand fish

9. Looking, moving, or sounding like another living organism to hide from prey or predator. Model: bad tasting, poisonous one Mimic: good tasting, non-poisonous, but looks like the model Examples? The Viceroy butterfly uses mimicry to look like the Monarch butterfly. Can you tell them apart? Mimicry I’m the Monarch! I’m the Viceroy! Not poisonous Poisonou s

10. Mimicry Orchids that look like bees Leaf moth Moth with eye spots

11. Chemical Defenses Can you think of other examples? Venom Spray Plant Poisons Venom Ink Poisons

12. Behaviors/Responses Finding/ Building shelter Gathering & storing food Defending oneself Raising YOUNG Hibernating Migrating Hunting Sunflowers moving toward SUN

13. © A. Weinberg Give one example of each of the following types of adaptations: Camouflage/Mimicry Body part/structure Chemical Behavior

14. 1.Could a polar bear survive in the desert? Explain. 2.Could a sunflower’s adaptation help it survive in Antarctica? Explain. 3.Would the viceroy’s mimicry adaptation help it if it moved to an environment with no monarchs? Explain.

15. 4. Could a flying squirrel survive as well on the ground? Why or why not? 5. Would a leaf bug survive very well in an area with few plants? Explain.

16. Organism# in the Rainforest # in the Desert Fernmanynone Snakesome Mousenonemany Monkeymanynone Insectsmany Study the chart to answer the questions: 6. Which organism would most likely be able to survive in a grassland too? Explain. 7. Give 2 possible reasons there are many ferns in the rainforest but none in the desert. 8. What do mice do to be able to live in the hot climate of the desert that monkeys don’t do?

17. © A. Weinberg In stations Follow procedure in booklet CLEAN UP! Answer analysis questions Work on Reading assignment p. 10-11