Animal Adaptations

Animal Adaptations

Structural and behavioural adaptations in different environments

Learning Intention: Identify and explain animal adaptations

• Identify structural and behavioural adaptations of animals

• Identify the purpose of an adaptation

• Explain how identified adaptations allow animals to survive in an environment

• Make predictions as to how an animal would be affected by a change in the environment

• Predict changes in behavioural adaptations due to environment changes

Multiple Select

Identify all the structural adaptations below

• sharp teeth

• nocturnal

• sharp claws

• lay in the sun

• pouch

Multiple Select

Identify all the behavioural adaptations below

• sleep during the day

• climb trees

• thick fur on back

• shelter in a burrow

• padded paws

Multiple Select

Identify the success criteria we have covered so far

• Identify structural and behavioural adaptations of animals

• Identify the purpose of an adaptation

• Explain how identified adaptations allow animals to survive in an environment

• Make predictions as to how an animal would be affected by a change in the environment

• Predict changes in behavioural adaptations due to environment changes

This is a crocodile. It has adapted to live in a particular environment.

Crocodile's Environment

Crocodiles live in humid environments around Australia. They normally live near a body of water, for example, lakes and rivers.

Multiple Select

Identify all the structural adaptations of the crocodile.

• Webbed feet and its long, streamlined body

• position of eyes and nostrils on the top of their head

• hiding below the water

• strong jaw and sharp teeth

Open Ended

Why are the crocodiles eyes and nostrils positioned on the top of its head?

Open Ended

Why does a crocodile have a strong jaw and sharp teeth?

Open Ended

Why does a crocodile have webbed feet and streamlined body?

Multiple Select

Identify all the behavioural adaptations of the crocodile.

• lay in the water

• strong tail

• hide just below the water

• lay in the sun

Open Ended

Why does the crocodile lay in the water sometimes and in the sun at other times?

Open Ended

Why does the crocodile lay just below the surface of the water?

Multiple Select

Identify the success criteria we have covered so far

• Identify structural and behavioural adaptations of animals

• Identify the purpose of an adaptation

• Explain how identified adaptations allow animals to survive in an environment

• Make predictions as to how an animal would be affected by a change in the environment

• Predict changes in behavioural adaptations due to environment changes

Poll

How confident are you in identifying animal adaptations?

• Not very confident

• Somewhat confident

• Very confident

Poll

How confident are you in explaining the purpose of animal adaptations?

• Not very confident

• Somewhat confident

• Very confident

Rainforest Environment

Temperature- 10-15˚C

Ground cover- coarse soil covered in rocks and leaf litter

This environment also has- muddy pools of fresh water, trees that grow fruit and heavy plant cover.

Multiple Choice

What animal would most likely live in this environment?

• Polar bear

• Camel

• Shark

• Spider Monkey

This is a spider monkey

Open Ended

Explain why the adaptations of the spider monkey are well suited to a rainforest.

Multiple Select

Identify the success criteria we have covered so far

• Identify structural and behavioural adaptations of animals

• Identify the purpose of an adaptation

• Explain how identified adaptations allow animals to survive in an environment

• Make predictions as to how an animal would be affected by a change in the environment

• Predict changes in behavioural adaptations due to environment changes

Poll

How confident are you in explaining how identified adaptations allow animals to survive in an environment?

• Not very confident

• Somewhat confident

• Very confident

Open Ended

Predict how the spider monkey would be affected if most of the trees were logged in the newly discovered environment.

Open Ended

How could the spider monkey change its behavioural adaptations to survive?

Multiple Select

Identify the success criteria we have covered so far

• Identify structural and behavioural adaptations of animals

• Identify the purpose of an adaptation

• Explain how identified adaptations allow animals to survive in an environment

• Make predictions as to how an animal would be affected by a change in the environment

• Predict changes in behavioural adaptations due to environment changes

Poll

How confident are you in making predictions as to how an animal would be affected by a change in the environment?

• Not very confident

• Somewhat confident

• Very confident

Poll

How confident are you in making predicting changes in behavioural adaptations due to environment changes?

• Not very confident

• Somewhat confident

• Very confident