Transcript Animal Growth and Adaptations

Organism Needs
Review Game
A
special body part
or behavior that
helps an animal
survive in its
environment:
Adaptation
Coloring
that
enables an animal
to blend in with
its environment
Camouflage
Name
a birds
shelter!
Nest!
Name
a bear’s
shelter!

A den or cave
An
adaptation in
which an animal
looks like another
animal in its
environment
Mimicry
A
place such as a
burrow where an
animal can protect
itself.
Shelter
Name
a mole’s
shelter!
Burrow or hole
Name
a squirrel’s
shelter!
Trees!
What
is a
frog’s shelter?

Under rocks or logs near ponds!
Where
can
animals get water?
Ponds
 Lakes
 Streams
 Plants
 Dew/rain collected on leaves

Why
do living
things need
energy?
To grow
 To get food
 To move from place to place
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What
adaptation
helps a cactus
survive in the
desert?
It stores water
 It’s prickly spines

Why
do living
things need
shelter?

To be protected from predators and
weather
Meat or nectar from a flower?
Meat!
Meat or nectar from a flower?
 Nectar!
Which adaptation helps the duck
swim in water?
It’s
webbed feet.
Which adaptation helps an Eagle
catch its prey in the air?
It’s
talons.

Name three things all creatures need to
survive!
Food
air
Water
shelter