ANIMAL
ADAPTATIONS
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l Adaptations?
What are Anima
An adaptation is a that an animal
undergoes to better fit into its .
Types of Adaptations
How do adaptations help animals survive?
What are Animal
Adaptations?
Behavioral adaptations are: Behavioral
Adaptations
Hibernation Playing Dead Brumation Migration
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it? it? it? it?
Hibernation Playing Dead Brumation Migration
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Behavioral
Adaptations
Physical adaptations are: Physical
Adaptations
Camouflage Mimicry Natural Selection
What is it? What is it? What is it?
Who does Who does Who does
it? it? it?
Natural
Camouflage Mimicry
Selection
in ACTION! in ACTION!
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in ACTION!
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Physical
Adaptations
Choose 3 animals that use
adaptations to survive. Adaptations
Complete the chart below.
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Animal:
Animal:
How does this animal adapt?
How does this animal adap
t?
How does this
animal adap
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Animal:
Adaptations
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ANIMAL
ADAPTATIONS
By: Answer Key
l Adaptations?
What are Anima
An adaptation is a change that an animal
undergoes to better fit into its environment .
Types of Adaptations
Physical Behavioral
How do adaptations help animals survive?
Adaptations help by allowing it to protect itself from predators
and compete for resources in the ecosystem where it lives.
What are Animal
Adaptations?
Behavioral adaptations are: Behavioral
Adaptations
Behavioral adaptations are ways that an animal acts
differently to ensure it is able to survive.
Hibernation Playing Dead Brumation Migration
What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it?
animal pretends to be is an extended period of
a period of dormancy in the movement of
dead and breathes more dormancy experienced
which an animal seems animals from one
shallow, slows their heart by cold-blooded animals
dead because its body is location to another
rate, and releases a foul in order to survive the
saving energy.
stench winter
bear, woodchuck, bat, blue whales, the Arctic
hedgehog, groundhog, ant, snake, lemur, some reptiles tern, buffalo, geese,
skunk, raccoon, chipmunk, lizard, and shark wildebeests, salmon, and
and red panda monarch butterflies
Who does Who does Who does Who does
it? it? it? it?
Hibernation Playing Dead Brumation Migration
in ACTION! in ACTION! in ACTION! in ACTION!
Include an illustration
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Behavioral
Adaptations
Physical adaptations are: Physical
Adaptations
Camouflage Mimicry Natural Selection
What is it? What is it? What is it?
when an animal blends in with when one animal passing down certain traits
its environment to prevent resembles another one from parent to offspring
being seen by predators
Arctic fox, lizard, cheetah, owl butterfly, gerbil, peacock, giraffe
jumping spider, stone fish, grasshopper
Who does Who does Who does
it? it? it?
Natural
Camouflage Mimicry
Selection
in ACTION! in ACTION!
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in ACTION!
Include an illustration
Physical
Adaptations
Choose 3 animals that use
adaptations to survive. Adaptations
Complete the chart below.
Around the World
Animal:
Animal:
How does this animal adapt?
How does this animal adap
t?
How does this
animal adap
t?
Animal:
Adaptations
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