Lesson 2 and 3

Adaptation is...

• a characteristic that increases an organism chances of survival

• a characteristic that decreases an organisms chance of survival

• when you take a home a stray puppy

• When a group of animals or plants all die off

What is natural selection?

A Venus flytrap's leaves are adapted to help it...

• stay warm in the winter

• capture food

• float

• protect itself

If land is bare what would be the next step in succession?

• trees will grow

• animals will come to live

• grass will begin to grow

• the lorax will come to save the day

How might large eyes benefit an animal?

• to scare off predators

• to look super cute

• to help them see at night

• to help them wink at the ladies ;)

What does extinction mean?

• when a species has no members left alive

• when something stinks bad

• when a species is ALMOST all died out

• you a beaver builds a house

Give me an example of a LEARNED behavioral adaptation in an animal.

How might an animal adapt to seasonal changes?

What is an exoskeleton?

• A skeletal structure on the inside of a body.

• A scary monster

• A skeletal structure on the outside of a body.

• the same thing as cartilage

What are the names of our two new mice?

• butter and biscuit

• cookie and cream

• mickey and minni

• reeses and possum