Animal Adaptations

Animal Adaptations!

We will be able to explain and describe what animal adaptation is in a complete sentence.

Vocabulary:

1. Adaptation – A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive in its environment.

2. Habitat – The natural environment where an animal lives.

3. Behavioral Adaptation – Actions animals take to survive.

4. Structural Adaptation – Physical features of an animal that help it survive.

5. Physiological Adaptation – Internal body processes that help an animal survive.

Match

Match the following definitions

• Adaptation

• Habitat

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Structural Adaptation

• Physiological Adaptation

Helps an animal survive.

Environment where an animal lives.

Actions animals take to survive

Physical features of an animal that help

Internal body processes that help an ani

• Helps an animal survive.

• Environment where an animal lives.

• Actions animals take to survive

• Physical features of an animal that help

• Internal body processes that help an ani

There are three types of adaptations:

• Structural Adaptations: Physical traits (e.g., a bird’s beak shape or a fish’s gills).

• Behavioral Adaptations: Actions animals take (e.g., migration, hibernation).

• Physiological Adaptations: Internal functions (e.g., a snake producing venom or a camel’s ability to store water).

Categorize

Options (9)

fish gills

webbed feet

camouflage skin

migration

hibernation

nest building

temperature regulation

water conservation

hibernation

Organize these options into the right categories based on category

Structural Adaptations

Behavioral Adaptations

Physiological Adaptations

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a physical adaptation?

• Building a web

• Hibernating

• Camouflage

Multiple Choice

What does mimicry help some animals achieve?

• Finding food more easily
• Trick predatorsmemmic

• Attracting mates
• Increasing speed during a chase

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a learned behavioral adaptation?

• Hunting techniques taught by parents

• Camouflage in chameleons
• Hibernation in bears
• Migration patterns of birds

Draw

Draw an adaptation that stuck out to you!