Jarvis Adaption

What is an adaptation?

• A feature that helps only a plant grow.

• A feature that helps a living thing survive.

• A feature that helps a living thing walk.

• A feature that that helps only animals survive.

Physical adaptations are:

• Body parts that help a living thing survive in its environment

• Behaviors that help a living thing survive in its environment

Why might some plants have thorns?

• to stay safe from animals that want to eat the plant

• to attract insects that spread pollen to other plants

• to take in nutrients from the air

• to provide shade for the plant

Penguins huddle together to stay warm - is this a behavioral adaptation or a physical adaptation?

• Behavioral adaptation
• Physical adaptation

The Tickle Me Plant folds its leaves in when touched - is this a behavioral adaptation or physical adaptation?

• Behavioral adaptation
• Physical adaptation

Possums play dead to trick their predators - is this a behavioral adaptation or a physical adaptation?

• Behavioral adaptation
• Physical adaptation

• I eat nuts

• I eat insects

• I eat fish

• I eat mice

• I eat nuts

• I eat insects

• I eat fish

• I eat mice

• I eat nuts

• I eat insects

• I eat fish

• I eat mice

What is a simple definition of a wetland?

• low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet all the  time every year
• low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year
• high lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year
• low lying lands with moist soil that are wet all the  time every year