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Sunken LessonAnimal Adaptations
Sunken LessonAnimal Adaptations
VocabularyVocabulary
• Adaptation: any body part, behavior, or physiological capability that increases an animal's ability to survive in its environment.
• Behavior: - anything an animal does involving action and/or response to stimulation.
• Adaptation: any body part, behavior, or physiological capability that increases an animal's ability to survive in its environment.
• Behavior: - anything an animal does involving action and/or response to stimulation.
VocabularyVocabularyVocabularyVocabulary
• Biome : The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptation of organisms to that particular environment.
• Biome : The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptation of organisms to that particular environment.
Confusing its PredatorsConfusing its Predators
• Counter Shading: dark and light colors are a form of camouflage.
• A single zebra is hard for a lion to pick out in the herd.
• Counter Shading: dark and light colors are a form of camouflage.
• A single zebra is hard for a lion to pick out in the herd.
VocabularyVocabulary
• Conservation: taking care of our environment by wisely managing its resources
• Ecosystem: a unit of plants, animals, and nonliving components of an environment that interact.
• Environment: the total surroundings and forces that act upon a living thing.
• Conservation: taking care of our environment by wisely managing its resources
• Ecosystem: a unit of plants, animals, and nonliving components of an environment that interact.
• Environment: the total surroundings and forces that act upon a living thing.
VocabularyVocabulary
• Endangered species: a species of plant or animal of which numbers are decreasing at an alarming rate and is threatened with extinction by human-made or natural changes in the environment.
• Extinct: no longer existing on the Earth.
• Habitat: the place where an animal lives.
• Endangered species: a species of plant or animal of which numbers are decreasing at an alarming rate and is threatened with extinction by human-made or natural changes in the environment.
• Extinct: no longer existing on the Earth.
• Habitat: the place where an animal lives.
CamouflageCamouflage
• Camouflage: coloration that blends in with the surrounding environment.
• Camouflage: coloration that blends in with the surrounding environment.
HabitatHabitat
• Each Habitat creates its own environment unique to each animal.
• Each Habitat creates its own environment unique to each animal.
Endangered SpeciesEndangered Species
• Animals that fail to adapt may become endangered or even extinct.
• Lack of conservation or mismanagement of land, water, and air can cause extinction.
• Animals that fail to adapt may become endangered or even extinct.
• Lack of conservation or mismanagement of land, water, and air can cause extinction.
Other AdaptationsOther Adaptations
• Bird Beaks
• Feet or claws
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Coloration
• Bird Beaks
• Feet or claws
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Coloration
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