Adaptation

What is an adaptation?

• An inherited trait or behavior that DECREASES an organisms chance of living

• An inherited trait or behavior that INCREASES an organisms life span long enough to reproduce

• A trait that is NOT able to be inherited but INCREASES an organisms change of living

• A trait that changes overtime with the environment

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What is an example of an inherited trait?

• hair color

• broken bone

• big muscles

• scar

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What is one adaptation the Adelie penguin has?

• All white bodies to blend in with snow

• Compact shape to prevent heat loss

• Wings good for flight from ice chunk to ice chunk

• FAST heart rate during deep dives

What adaptation allows Adelie penguins to drink sea water?

• Swimming in large groups

• compact shape

• salt glands and kidneys

• decreases heart rate during deep dives

What do Adelie penguins do to take care of their babies?

• Take turns incubating their eggs with their mate

• Take turns guarding chicks

• Take turns getting food for chicks

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Why are Adelie penguins black and white?

• hide them from predators in the water

• help them warm up on land

• help them cool down on land

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How do the Wondering Albatross travel?

• Swim

• Fly

• Jump

• slide on their bellies

What is a BEHAVIORAL adaptation of Wondering Albatross?

• Nesting on open ridges with lots of wind

• webbed feet

• large wing span

What are the two long tubes along the Wandering Albatross's bill for?

• Smelling food many kilometers away

• Smelling predators

• Detecting penguins near by

How do adaptations arise?

• The environment changing

• Random mutations on DNA

• changed traits because an organism wants to

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