Adaptations Evolution

Adaptation in relation to animals is...

• How an animal adapts to survive in its environment

• What an animal eats

• How an animal breeds

• How animals manage to eat more than one type of food

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Evolution in relation to animals is...

• The different things animals eat

• How animals have evolved over time into different species

• How to classify different animals

• How animals have learnt to eat other animals

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Inheritance in relation to animals is...

• How animals behave in an environment.

• What animals do to survive in an environment.

• What animals like to eat.

• Certain things that animals get from their parents.

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How has a polar bear adapted to live in the Arctic? Tick one or more that you think are correct.

• It has thick white fur to keep it warm.

• It can swim

• It is a mammal

• it is warm blooded

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Why is adaptation important for animals?

• So they can live in a range of different habitats

• So they can have more young

• So they don't get scared by humans

• so they can live in groups

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The most obvious adaptation of a giraffe is what?

• Big feet to walk steadily

• They can be tamed to live in zoos.

• Long neck to reach leaves that other animals cannot.

• A long tail to flick flies away.

If evolution didn't exist we wouldn't have as many different species of animals and plants?

• True

• False

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Which famous person discovered the theory of evolution?

• Carl Linnaeus

• Charles Darwin

• David Attenborough

• Chris Packham

Evolution is linked to how new species have evolved whereas adaptation is how species adapt to live in different environments.

• True

• False

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Which of these did you not inherit from your parents?

• Hair colour

• Height

• Weight

• Eye Colour