Transcript plant and animal adaptations

PLANT AND ANIMAL
ADAPTATIONS
COLD WEATHER OR SNOW
PLANTS: CONE SHAPED TREES
ARE ABLE TO SHED SNOW
ANIMALS: SOME FLY SOUTH
FOR THE WINTER OR CHANGE
THE COLOR OF THIR FUR
PREVENTING WATER LOSS
PLANTS: NEEDLE-LIKE LEAVES
PREVENT WATER LOSS
ANIMALS: REPTILES’ SCALY
SKIN PREVENTS WATER LOSS
AVAILABILITY OF WATER IS SCARCE
PLANTS: SUCCULENT LEAVES
AND CACTI STORE WATER
ANIMALS: ANIMALS IN THE
SAVANNA MUST MIGRATE TO
WATER UNTIL THE RAINS COME
AVAILABILITY OF FOOD IS SCARCE
PLANTS: PLANTS STORE FOOD
AS STARCH IN ROOTS, TUBERS
AND BULBS
ANIMALS: MANY ANIMALS GET
FAT BEFORE WINTER OR
HIBERNATION
AVAILABILITY OF LIGHT IS SCARCE
PLANTS: PLANTS GROW TOWARD
LIGHT OR HAVE BROAD LEAVES FOR
TRAPPING SUNLIGHT
ANIMALS
NEED TO CONSERVE ENERGY
PLANTS: DECIDUOUS TREES
DROP THEIR LEAVES IN THE
FALL
ANIMALS: MANY DESERT
ANIMALS BURROW UNDER
GROUND DURING THE DAY
PREDATORS
PLANTS: PROTECTIOIN MAY BE
IN THE FORM OF SPINES,
THORNS OR CHEMICALS
ANIMALS: THERE IS “SAFETY
IN NUMBERS” FOR MANY
ANIMALS
OVER HEATING
PLANTS:
THIS REALLY ISN’T AN
ISSUE FOR PLANTS AS
LONG AS THERE IS
ENOUGH WATER
AVAILABLE FOR THEM
ANIMALS: BIG EARS AND
PANTING CAN HELP GET RID
OF EXCESS HEAT