Physical adaptations

Physical adaptations

Adaptation:

Definition: An adaptation is a characteristic of an organism that improves its chances of surviving and/or reproducing. 

Camel hump

• Camels store nutrients in the form of fats in their humps.

• With a full hump camels can go up to 4-5 months without eating

• When camels use up their fat, their empty humps flop over like a deflated balloon until they eat enough to "inflate" them again

Open Ended

Why are camels eyelashes so long?

Arctic Fox: Look carefully at the Fox and his surroundings for a few minutes.

Adaptations.

• How is the fox adapted to suit his environment?

How is he adapted.....

• To hide from prey?

• To stay warm? (More than one way)

• To not sink into the snow?

• YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO WRITE SOME IDEAS IN YOUR EXERCISE BOOK.

Open Ended

How is the arctic fox adapted to survive in his environment?

Polar Bear

Polar bears are perfectly adapted to live in their very harsh environment

Large surface area

• polar bears feet are HUGE!

• Polar bears are also very heavy

• These huge feet increase the area they are stood on

• This means their weight is spread out over a larger area so they do not sink into the snow

What can you see happening here?

Open Ended

Explain what is happening in this picture.

Adaptation challenge

•Madagascar is the world's fourth biggest island in the world.

•It is located on the east coast of Africa and is isolated.

•Because of its isolation most of its mammals, half its birds, and most of its plants exist nowhere else on earth.

Your challenge: Completed by next lesson. Be ready to present your findings..

• You are a rainforest explorer! You need to find out about as many species of animals as you can from the images that follow

• You need to find out how the animals have adapted to live in the rainforest.

Colugo

Pangolin

Mouse Lemur

Crab Spider

Giraffe Weevil

Multiple Choice

What does adaptation mean?

• special features to help an organism survive

• likes living in their surroundings

• Is not able to live in their surroundings

Multiple Choice

Why does the Arctic Fox have small ears?

• They are deaf so do not need big ears

• small ears are an adaptation to help prevent heat loss

• If they had big ears they would look silly

• Helps them hide from their prey

Multiple Choice

Fennec Foxes live in the desert. They have very large ears. Why do you think this is?

• So they can hear things really far away

• To help keep them cool

• Helps them blend into surroundings

Open Ended

This is a flat tailed gecko. Can you explain how this species is adapted to survive in its environment?

Open Ended

Give 3 ways an camel is adapted to its environment.

Open Ended

Give 2 ways a polar bear is adapted to its environment