1. Animals
Inherited Traits (what are animals born with) & Adaptations (that help them survive)

2. The hump stores water so the camel can survive without water for up to 2 weeks
Long eyelashes, ear hairs, and nostrils that seal to prevent sand from entering
A rugged mouth allows the camel to eat thorny plants
The camel has a thick coat that can reflect sunlight to help keep it cool
The wide feet to keep the camel from sinking in the sand.
Camel

3. Flapping the LARGE ears helps to cool the elephant in the HOT African climate.
Hairs on the end of the tail for swatting flies
Tusks for protection and gathering food.
LARGE round legs and feet help to support the weight of the elephant
Trunk for smelling, drinking, communicating, gathering food,
African Elephant

4. Flapping the small ears helps to cool the elephant
Flapping the small ears helps to cool the elephant. Asia is cooler than African so this elephant doesn’t need to cool as much as the African elephant.
Hairs on the end of the tail for swatting flies
Trunk for smelling, drinking, communicating, gathering food,
LARGE round legs and feet help to support the weight of the elephant
Asian Elephant

5. Porcupine Uses its quills for defense
Is a good swimmer - its hollow quills help keep it afloat
Has hairless soles on its feet that help it climb trees; climbs trees to find food
Porcupine

6. it has pouched cheeks that it uses to store and carry food
Chipmunk

7. Arctic Fox - in the summer time
Protects its nose from the cold by curling its bushy tail around its body
Arctic Fox - in the summer time

8. Arctic Fox - in the winter time
Has short legs and nose, thick fur and small ears are adaptations that help it survive in cold climates; Because its legs are so short and its ears and nose are small, they are less exposed to the cold
Arctic Fox - in the winter time

9. Arctic Fox - in the winter time
Has thick fur and hair on its paw pads that help keep it warm. The fur on its paws also gives the fox traction so it doesn't slide on the ice
Arctic Fox - in the winter time

10. Arctic Fox - in the winter time
Its white coat serves as camouflage in the winter
Arctic Fox - in the winter time

11. A red fox has longer ears and nose – different adaptations than an Arctic Fox, because keeping warm is not as important to the red fox.
Red Fox

12. Its tail is prehensile. A prehensile tail is adapted for grasping and wrapping around things like tree limbs so it can find food and escape predators
Has opposable hallux. A hallux is like a thumb. The opossum's "thumbs" are on its rear feet. The hallux helps it grasp branches when it climbs.
Opossum

13. It uses its tail to help maintain its balance when it is gnawing on trees. It will also slap its tail against the water to signal danger or to warn away predators.
Beaver

14. Their rear legs are longer and their webbed feet help propel them through the water when they are swimming.
Beaver

15. When the beaver is under water, its nose and ears close up and a special membrane covers its eyes.

16. The beaver waterproofs its thick fur by coating it with castoreum, an oily secretion from its scent glands.
Beaver

17. The beaver has a thick layer of fat under its skin that helps keep it warm underwater.

18. The beaver has a specialized digestive system that helps it digest tree bark.
Beavers have long sharp upper and lower incisor teeth that they use to cut into trees and woody vegetation. These teeth grow throughout the beaver's life.
Beaver

19. In order to survive, a polar bear instinctively goes into “winter sleep” to conserve its energy when it has gone about two weeks without food
Polar Bear

20. Instincts are Something you (or an animals is born with)
Examples of instincts are:
Migration – birds flying south for the winter
Homing – like when baby turtles instinctively move to the sea as soon as they hatch
Spider spinning webs
Birds flying in a V-formation

21. What Are Some Learned Behaviors?
Raccoons learning to eat from trash cans
Seal balancing a ball on it’s nose
Proboscis monkey mothers must teach their young which leaves are safe to eat
Can you think of anything else?

22. Let’s Compare! Traits Animals Are Born With Hair/fur color Eye color
Size
Homing (turtles to the sea; salmon back to where they were born)
Characteristics Learned After Birth
Learning to hunt
Learning to eat from trash cans
Balancing a ball on their nose

23. Let’s Compare! Traits Animals Are Born With Hair/fur color Eye color
Size
Homing (turtles to the sea; salmon back to where they were born)
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Characteristics Learned After Birth
Learning to hunt
Learning to eat from trash cans
Balancing a ball on their nose
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24. How Do Animals Modify Their Environment?
Beavers build dams
Earthworms aerate soil
Groundhogs dig holes for shelter
Birds build nests
Humans build home & roads; strip mine; cut down forests;

25. How Do Animals Modify Their Environment?
dams
Beavers gnaw trees & build __________
Earthworms __________soil
Groundhogs dig holes for__________
Birds build__________
Humans build__________
aerate
dens/shelter
nests/shelter

26. How Do Animals Modify Their Environment?
Beavers gnaw trees & build __________
Earthworms __________soil
Groundhogs dig holes for__________
Birds build__________
Humans build__________