1. Only the best suited survive!
Adaptation
Only the best suited survive!

2. Adaptation: An organism’s physical traits or behaviors that helps it survive in its environment
Adaptations are caused by mutations
(random changes in an organism’s DNA)
A change caused by DNA mutation is only called an adaptation if it helps the organism survive better!
Adaptations are passed down from parents to offspring

3. 4 reasons organisms Adapt
2 Types of Adaptations
Physical
Behavioral
4 reasons organisms Adapt
Feeding
Movement
Protection
Reproduction

4. I’m Bright, so I must be poisonous!
Adaptation for Protection ~ Warning Coloration
I’m Bright, so I must be poisonous!

8. I look like a poisonous animal… Are you willing to take the risk?
Adaptation for Protection ~ Batesian Mimicry
I look like a poisonous animal…
Are you willing to take the risk?

11. Adaptation for Protection ~ Eyespot Mimicry
Eye see you!

19. Things are not always what they seem.
Adaptation for Protection ~ Disguise
Things are not always what they seem.

31. You can’t eat me if you can’t find me!
Adaptation for Protection ~ Concealing Coloration
You can’t eat me if you can’t find me!

51. Betcha can’t spot just one!
Adaptation for Protection ~ Disruptive Coloration
Betcha can’t spot just one!

59. We have now spent a lot of time talking about adaptations for protection…
and some for sneaking up on your prey…

60. Can You Identify Special Adaptations for:
Feeding
2) Movement
3) Protection
4) Reproduction

61. Feeding: Sharp teeth for chewing up insects
Protection: eyes on the sides of head
Reproduction: Horns for impressing the ladies
Movement: strong grip and a prehensile tail for moving safely from branch to branch

62. Feeding: Venom
Protection: Concealing Coloration
Reproduction: Lays leathery eggs
Movement: Moves sideways to stay on top of soft sand & easily climb dunes

63. Feeding: Sharp Teeth and Claws
Protection: Disruptive coloration
Reproduction: Cares for young until able to hunt on own
Movement: Powerful legs for jumping and climbing

64. Feeding: small sharp teeth
Protection: Frilled neck skin to appear big and threatening
Reproduction: flashes frills in a mating dance to attract a mate
Movement: long toes & powerful legs for fast running

65. Feeding: Hunt in groups for small fish & plankton
Protection: Lives in large schools
Reproduction: Lays thousands of eggs at a time
Movement: Large, powerful fins for jumping and gliding through the air

66. Feeding: Small sharp beaks for catching fish
Protection: Thick, water-proof feathers to keep warm
Reproduction: Mates for life & shares childcare duties with mate
Movement: torpedo shaped body& flipper-like wings for swimming quickly

67. Feeding: Large flat teeth for crushing plants
Protection: Horns for protection against predators
Reproduction: Produces milk to feed live young
Movement: Runs on four hooved legs for speed, even though they’re big & bulky

68. Feeding: Hunt in a pack, working together to corner prey
Protection: Excellent sense of smell, sight, and hearing
Reproduction: Only the strongest (alpha male & female) get to reproduce
Movement: Long, strong legs for running long distances at high speeds  up to 40 miles a day!

69. Feeding: Specialized hair-like teeth (baleen) for gathering tons of plankton
Protection: enormous size
Reproduction: migrate to warm waters for mating & birthing calves
Movement: large, powerful tails & fins for travelling long distances without stopping

70. Feeding: Sharp Teeth or catching fish
Protection: water-proof, thick fur for warmth
Reproduction: Gives birth in large groups, on secluded sea rocks
Movement: Aerodynamic body & modified feet for fast swimming

71. Feeding: Excellent eye sight for fishing from above
Protection: Large wings allow it to stay safely in the air for long periods
Reproduction: lays hard shelled eggs
Movement: Large wing span for soaring over long distances using little energy

72. Feeding: wide, flat molars for grinding plants
Protection: strong, powerful jaws & long sharp canine teeth
Reproduction: Only the strongest (silverback) male gets to mate with all the females
Movement: long arms and opposable thumbs for climbing and grabbing

73. Feeding: wide, flat molars for grinding plants
Protection: strong, powerful jaws & long sharp canine teeth, high intelligence, nest building
Reproduction: Living in large groups for protection and the ability to find a mate
Movement: long arms and opposable thumbs for climbing and grabbing

74. Feeding: Echolocation
Protection: strong, powerful wings for flight, nocturnal
Reproduction: Community living ensures finding a mate
Movement: long powerful wings
With sharp claws for climbing

75. What Do You Think?