How living things adapt to their environment

Multiple Choice

Where Can you find living things?

• A

• B

• C

• All of them

The environment

You can find all you need in your environment

Remember thta the environment is everything that surround you

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Open Ended

Can you name what is in your environment?

Open Ended

To survive in the savanna an animal needs ...

Open Ended

To survive in the mountains animals need:

Draw

Draw an environment. The picture should include one animal that would be suited to living in that environment

Multiple Choice

Who can live in the forest?

• The ostrich

• The blue jay

• Both of them

• None of them

Open Ended

Give some adaptations to live in the grassland

Multiple Select

What kind of adaptations does a living thing need to live in a pond?

• Smooth bodies

• Tall and strong stems

• Flexible stems

• Dark colors to keep hidden

Multiple Select

What kind of adaptations does a living thing need to live in a stream?

• Smooth bodies

• Tall and strong stems

• Flexible stems

• Dark colors to keep hidden

Open Ended

Do you think the same type of animals and plants that live in a pond or a lake could live in the ocean? Explain

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Who can take the heat

Open Ended

Describe a desert environment using this picture and the photos on your book

Many reptiles live in deserts. This lizard's scales help it to keep water inside its body

Jackrabbits have large ears to release body heat and keep it cool

Some cactus open their flowers and release their fragrance during the night and close during day. Thanks to this they do not wilt as quickly as the would during the day

Open Ended

Why would it be important for a reptile to have adaptations to help keep water inside its body?

Open Ended

Why is staying cool an advantage for animals in the desert

Open Ended

Why would a desert plant be more likely to have spines than a plant in an environment such as a rainforest?

Behavioral adaptation

Is something an organism does to help it survive

In place such as deserts animals are more active during night because of the heat of the day

​​Night animals

​Some animals keep in large groups to survive predators

Herd of animals

Instinct

Is an inherited behavior an animal knows how to do without having to learn it

Rabbits crouch when they sense danger. Nobody teaches that to the rabbits, they just know how to do it

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Some instincts

​Physical

​Behavioral

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Who can take the cold

​Artic

​Antarctica

Has little hair to protect from the wind and to keep warm

Prairie crocus

Have a thick fat layer to keep warm and stay together to protect the offspring from the weather and predators

​​Penguin

Grow white fur during winter to blend with the snow

​​Snow hare

Grow close to the ground in the warmer and wetter parts of the Antartica

​​A. Pearlwort

Multiple Choice

What behavioral adaptation is the white hare displaying?

• Sitting with its paws ears and tail tucked together to stay warm

• White fur to blend with the snow

• Red eyes to see in the night

• Crouched to hunt its prey

Open Ended

Which physical adaptation do penguins have that help them survive in Antartica

Open Ended

Look for animals that live in the Artic

Open Ended

Look for animals that live in the Antartica

​​Jackrabbit

​​Snow rabbit