4th grade ch. 1 lesson 5 how do animals adapt
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Ch. 1Lesson 5
How do animals adapt?
adaptation• physical feature or behavior that helps an animal :– get food– protect itself from predators– move – reproduce
rock ptarmigan in the winter
rock ptarmigan in the summer
Look out! I’m dangerous
camouflage
Crab eating seal
instincts• behaviors that are inherited
Instinctual Behaviors and Adaptations
Because Because it’s too it’s too far to far to walk! walk!
Why do birds Why do birds fly south for fly south for the winter ?the winter ?
• to travel in search of food or a place to reproduce
• eg. Canadian geese
migration
hibernation• state of inactivity that
occurs when it is cold
Parents teach offspring
venom that is used to kill prey
ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS
swim up to 25 mph
powerful, hooked jaws
long legsflexible neck to look for prey or danger at most angles