FORMING FOR SURVIVAL THE SCIENCE

FORMING FOR SURVIVAL Lets look at the science of this project…………….. How can you adapt to your environment? Environment- Living and non- living things that surround and affect a living thing. (water, plants, rocks)

How and where do artists get their ideas? One way that we are going to look at artist ideas for inspiration is through their environment, which is living and non-living things that surround and affect a living thing. Think of all the things in your environment.

Images in your environment

ENVIRONMENTS There are different environments all over the world.

ENVIRONMENTS Urban-an environment which is mostly made of man made objects such as roads and buildings.

ENVIRONMENTS Fresh water – Rivers, lakes and ponds come under this category where the water is not salty. The banks of the river, the water and the muddy bed form different habitats for different animals. Fish, for example, can only survive in the water while frogs live part of their lives in water and part on land. Alpine or mountains – Places at a higher altitude like the mountain ranges of the world provide a suitable environment for a number of terrestrial animals including mammals, birds, reptiles, invertebrates and amphibians.

ENVIRONMENTS Forest and woodland – These are the places that have abundant trees and therefore, the kind of animals living here are those who live on or around trees and are dependent on them for food and shelter. Forests too can be of different kinds like the tropical rainforests, temperate zone forests, coniferous, or the deciduous forests. While a wolf living in a forest prefers the dry and brown deciduous environment, a leopard prefers more green foliage making a greener forest, its natural habitat.

ENVIRONMENTS Oceans-Account for most of the area on our planet are large bodies of water that is salt water and there are millions of animal species that only live in the ocean.

ENVIRONMENTS Tundra – Characterized by very low temperatures, short vegetation, and long winters, tundra climate is suited to a number of animals such as the arctic fox, polar bears, etc. Tundra is an area where certain levels of subsoil are completely frozen. There are two kinds of tundra; alpine tundra and arctic tundra.

ENVIRONMENTS Deserts – These are the places that receive little or no rainfall, so therefore, the animals surviving in these extreme conditions have various adaptations they can make, for instance, camels have fatty humps to store food and padded feet to traverse the desert sand.

ENVIRONMENTS To some animals an environment could be a puddle of water. Some animals are microscopic which means they are so small you can only see them through a microscope. This is a “Water Bear” which is a small organism you can find in puddles. When full grown they are only.5mm long. (this picture is a magnified water bear and this is what they actually look like)

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT Adaptation- A body part, covering, or a behavior that helps an animal survive in its environment. (sharp claws, webbed feet, whiskers, sharp teeth, various beak shapes, wings, hooves, camouflage, scales, brightly colored, quills, eye covering, )this lesson focuses on the visual so behavior isn’t being used.

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT Habitat - The place where an animal lives. The physical characteristics of an animal's surroundings. Animals have adapted to their given environment over time. Survival - The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal or difficult circumstances. (animals use adaptations to continue to live through hardship in their environments)

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT Predator - An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food. Prey - An animal that is eaten by another animal for food.

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT Mimicry - An adaptation in which a harmless animal looks like a harmful animal in order to protect itself. (fake eyes, bright colors/fake poison) Camouflage - A color or shape in an animal's body covering that helps it blend into its environment. (pattern, color, texture, mimicry)

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT Mimicry

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT Camouflage

Lets look at a few adaptations and discuss how they work This is a chameleon, which is a type of lizard. They have a few adaptations which help their chances of survival. One is the ability to change color to blend in with whatever they are near in their environment and the other is their projectile tongue which helps them catch their prey.

Lets look at a few adaptations and discuss how they work This is a bullfrog, which is a type of amphibian. They have a few adaptations which help their chances of survival. One camouflage and the other is the placement of their eyes on top of their head which allow them to submerge most of their body for hiding.

Lets look at a few adaptations and discuss how they work This is a camel which lives in the desert where water is not abundant. It stores fat in their humps for when water is even more scarce. The fat breaks down as a source of hydration when needed.

Lets look at a few adaptations and discuss how they work This is a flying squirrel. It has flaps of skin it can use to glide off of trees to avoid predators that climb up after them. This will help against a cat but what about an owl?

Lets look at a few adaptations and discuss how they work This is an Aye-Aye. Its adaptation is a longer finger which it uses to Tap trees and wood. It listens for hollow spots and uses it’s extra long and narrow finger to reach inside to get their food which are grubs.

Lets look at a few adaptations and discuss how they work This is an angler fish and its adaptation is a “fishing” lure. The appendage above its face lights up and attracts smaller fish which literally swim right in front of it’s mouth.

You will choose an animal and create a new adaptation to help improve it’s chances of survival. An option would be taking your animal and making it adapt to a new environment You may also choose a prey animal and develop a new way it can protect itself or hide from predators. If you choose a predator then you will have to think of a better way it can catch their prey.