Adaptations

Structures or behaviors that help an
organism survive in its surroundings

• adaptations
• inherited traits
• learned behaviors
• structural behaviors

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The “job” that a body part does in an
organism

• function
• trait
• logical
• structure

New organisms that come from parent
organisms

• adaptations
• offspring
• behaviors
• function

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What adaptation does this squirrel have that allows it to glide through the air?

• Extra skin under the arms and legs to capture air as it falls.
• Big ears to capture are as it falls
• Small eyes to see where it will land
• A short thin tail

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Polar bears have an adaptation that allows them to swim. What is most likely this adaptation?

• White coat
• Fat belly
• Small eyes
• Webbed Feet

The feet of this bird tell us that this animal can...

• Run fast
• Swim 
• Fly fast
• Climb rocks 

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Define Adaptation.

• How an organism has NOT changed and continues to live in an environment 
• All animals can live in any environment 
• How an organism grows over time
• Special features or behaviors that allow an animal to survive in an environment.

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Bird bones are hollow, this allows them to be ____________ so the birds can fly easier.

• lighter

• heavier

• weigh the same

How do organisms survive in an environment?

• with a trait that is passed on to them from their parent
• with a hobby that they learn to do
• by getting a job and paying bills
• by hiding in the environment

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The goal of every species on earth is...

• to survive and reproduce 
• divide and conquer 
• survive and conquer 
• reproduce and die 

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