Adaptations: Grizzly and Polar Bears

Adaptations: Grizzly and Polar Bears

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What is an adaptation?

• special ways that a body works or is made

• where an animal lives

• an animal's habitat

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Lives in North America.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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Lives inside the Arctic Circle.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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Can weigh more than 1,500 pounds.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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Has toes with claws they cannot retract

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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"Both kinds of bears have toes with claws they cannot retract". What does this mean?

• they have very sharp claws

• they cannot pull their claws inside

• their claws never stop growing

• they have 10 toes

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Has rounded ears.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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Can blend in with ice and snow in the Arctic Circle.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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Has a layer of blubber.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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What is blubber?

• a layer of fat

• a layer of skin

• muscles

• strong bones

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Has brown fur.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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Eats meat and plants.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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Eats only meat.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both

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Has fur on the bottom of paws to protect from ice and snow.

• grizzly bear

• polar bear

• both