Adaptations

What are adaptations?

• traits that help an organism to survive and reproduce
• traits that help an organism hide
• traits that help an organism to seek protection
• traits that help an organism to see.

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

Why do birds need the adaptation of hollow bones?

• to fly
• to live
• to reproduce
• to run

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

• structural

• behavioral

Birds migrate to find food and warmer temperatures.

• structural

• behavioral

Black bears hibernate during the winter months.

• structural

• behavioral

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

• structural

• behavioral

Ducks have webbed feet to help them swim in water.

• structural

• behavioral

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

• structural

• behavioral

A tiger’s fur is orange-brown with stripes. Its fur helps it hide in a field of brown grass. When another animal comes near, the tiger can jump out of hiding and attack it. A toad’s body is brown. It blends in with brown sand. A toad can hide from predators while it looks for insects to eat.

What is one way that a tiger and a toad are similar?

• Their skin is adapted for hunting at night.

• Their skin keeps them cool in the sun.

• They are both good swimmers.

• Their color helps them hide to get food.