Physical and Behavioral Adaptations

​Physical and Behavioral Adaptations

​Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by animals and plants that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycle variations, animal behaviors and physical characteristics.

​I. Behavioral Adaptations

• those behaviors exhibited by plants and animals that allow them to survive and reproduce within their environment

  • migration, hibernation, mimicry

  • plants growing their roots deeper into the soil in search of water during drought conditions

  • lizards purposefully breaking off their tails in order to escape their

    predators

• Instinct: a behavior that an animal can do without ever learning how to do it

  • always performed the same way

• Learned Behavior: a change in behavior that comes about through experience

Multiple Choice

______________ is a behavior that an animal can do without ever learning how to do it

• naughty

• adaptation

• instinct

• learned behavior

​ II. Physical Adaptations

• those structures/features physically on plants and animals that allow them to survive and reproduce within their environment.

  • camouflage, feet, teeth, beaks, etc

  • waxy coating on cacti that allow them to retain water

  • wide feet on some desert animals that prevent them from sinking into the sand

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes the things that an organism does in order to survive?

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Multiple Choice

Which of these best describes the parts or structures of an organism to help it survive?

• Physical Adaptation

• Behavioral Adaptation

Multiple Choice

Bats are nocturnal and hunt at night.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

Birds migrate to find food and warmer temperatures.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

Black bears hibernate during the winter months.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

A polar bear has white fur to make it harder to see.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

A giraffe has a long neck to reach the leaves on trees.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

Ducks have webbed feet to help them swim in water.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

A tiger has sharp, pointed teeth to help it tear meat off the bone.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

A cat has a long tail to help it balance.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

Some birds will make a warning sound to alert their flock if there is danger.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

What is a behavioral adaptation?

• beak on a bird

• elephants ears

• hump on a camel

• birds flying South in the winter.

Multiple Choice

What is a physical adaptation?

• bears hibernating

• feathers on a bird

• ducks migrating

• chameleons changing colors

Multiple Choice

A monkey has a long tail to help it swing from branch to branch.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

A penguin is white on its belly, and black on its back so it is harder to see underwater from above or below.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

Multiple Choice

When threatened, some animals make warning sounds to help other animals escape a predator.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation