1. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
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2. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
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SC.5.L.17.1 Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by animals and plants that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycles variations, animal behaviors and physical characteristics.
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3. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
A Place to Call Home
The place where a living thing lives is called its habitat.
All of the needs of a living thing must be met within its habitat.
Mountain, jungle, polar, ocean, desert, and grassland are types of habitats.
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4. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Adaptations
A characteristic that helps a living thing survive is called an adaptation.
Animals that survive better because of a new characteristic are more likely to reproduce and pass that characteristic on to their young.
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5. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Adaptations
Describe some of the adaptations of the animals shown below.
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6. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Physical Fitness
Physical adaptations are differences in the bodies of plants and animals.
Some adaptations protect living things from being eaten.
Camouflage is a physical adaptation that helps keep an animal hidden.
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7. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Catching Flies
Bright coloring on an animal can be a warning to another animal that it is dangerous.
Mimicry is a physical adaptation that makes some animals resemble each other.
Animals that hunt have physical adaptations that help them catch food.
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8. Catching Flies Plants have adaptations that help spread their seeds.
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Catching Flies
Plants have adaptations that help spread their seeds.
Some seeds are carried by the wind.
Other seeds are inside berries. Once eaten, the seeds are carried to a new location.
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9. On Your Best Behavior The way living things act is called behavior.
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
On Your Best Behavior
The way living things act is called behavior.
Behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught are called instincts.
Migration occurs when animals move to different locations at certain times of the year.
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10. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
On Your Best Behavior
Hibernation is a long period of inactivity that is like sleeping.
The way that animals act toward other animals of the same type is called social behavior.
Social behavior can include forms of communication.
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11. Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
The Circle of Life
Living things go through stages of growth and development called life cycles.
Life cycles are a type of adaptation.
Some animals can adjust their life cycle to changes in their habitat.
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