2. Animal Adaptations

3. What is ecology? The study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment

4. Adaptations

5. How do adaptations help animals survive in their environment? An adaptation is a body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. Adaptation can help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. All animals are adapted to live in certain habitats. Animals that cannot adapt will die out.

6. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats.

7. We can separate adaptations into two categories: Physical AND Behavioral

8. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats. Physical Behavioral

9. Physical adaptations are body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species. Physical adaptations help an animal survive in its environment. Hey! I’m a walking stick. I look just like a stick you’d find on the ground. © A. Weinberg

10. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats. Physical Behavioral body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species. help an animal survive in its environment

11. Physical adaptation Camouflage (use of color in a surrounding) The chameleon can change its color to match its surroundings. Can you do that?

12. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats. Physical Behavioral body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species. help an animal survive in its environment Camouflage use of color in a surrounding

13. Mimicry (looking or sounding like another living organism) The Viceroy butterfly uses mimicry to look like the Monarch butterfly. Can you tell them apart? Poisonous Not poisonous Physical adaptation I’m the Monarch! I’m the Viceroy!

14. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats. Physical Behavioral body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species. help an animal survive in its environment Camouflage use of color in a surrounding Mimicry (looking or sounding like another living organism)

15. Chemical defenses (like venom, ink, sprays) Physical adaptation

16. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats. Physical Behavioral body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species. help an animal survive in its environment Camouflage use of color in a surrounding Mimicry (looking or sounding like another living organism) Chemical defenses (like venom, ink, sprays)

17. Body coverings & parts (claws, beaks, feet, armor plates, skulls, teeth) Physical adaptations The elephant’s trunk is a physical adaptation that helps it to clean itself, eat, drink, and to pick things up.

18. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats. Physical Behavioral body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species. help an animal survive in its environment Camouflage use of color in a surrounding Mimicry (looking or sounding like another living organism) Chemical defenses (like venom, ink, sprays) Body coverings & parts (claws, beaks, feet, armor plates, skulls, teeth)

19. Behavioral Adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs.

20. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats. Physical Behavioral body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species. help an animal survive in its environment Camouflage use of color in a surrounding Mimicry (looking or sounding like another living organism) Chemical defenses (like venom, ink, sprays) Body coverings & parts (claws, beaks, feet, armor plates, skulls, teeth) allow animals to respond to life needs.

21. Each organism has unique methods of adapting to its environment by means of different actions. Behavioral Adaptations are animals’ actions. Remember that Physical Adaptations are body structures.

22. body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment. help an animal breathe, catch food, or hide. adapted to live in certain habitats. Physical Behavioral body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species. help an animal survive in its environment Camouflage use of color in a surrounding Mimicry (looking or sounding like another living organism) Chemical defenses (like venom, ink, sprays) Body coverings & parts (claws, beaks, feet, armor plates, skulls, teeth) allow animals to respond to life needs. animals’ actions

23. Example of Adaptation The shape of an animal’s teeth is related to its diet. –Herbivores, such as deer, have many molars for chewing tough grass and plants. –Carnivores, such as lions, have sharp canines to kill and tear meat.

24. Who experiences adaptations? All species have experienced adaptation and will continue to slowly adapt as the next generations are born. We will identify certain species from each of these groups and the reasons for their success: –Mammals –Birds –Reptiles –Amphibians

25. Resources This PowerPoint is partially adapted from Ms. Beckham. The original PowerPoint can be viewed at –http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/amiew/ Animal-Adaptations-PPThttp://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/amiew/ Animal-Adaptations-PPT It is also partially adapted from an animal adaptation powerpoint created by City of Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History the original can be viewed at –http:// www.ccmuseumedres.com/Animal%20Ad aptations.ppthttp:// www.ccmuseumedres.com/Animal%20Ad aptations.ppt http://science.jrank.org/pages/6750/Temperature -Regulation-Internally-heated-animals.htmlhttp://science.jrank.org/pages/6750/Temperature -Regulation-Internally-heated-animals.html http://science.jrank.org/pages/6749/Temperature -Regulation-Externally-heated-animals.htmlhttp://science.jrank.org/pages/6749/Temperature -Regulation-Externally-heated-animals.html