Transcript Animal and Plant Adaptations Research

By: Barrett
Animal Adaptations
 Definition: An animal’s act of changing to help it
survive.
Examples
 A hummingbirds beaks can be many different shapes
and sizes for sipping nectar out of different shaped
flowers for food.
 A fish’s scales are tough to help protect against
predators and diseases.
 A chameleon's camouflage helps it blend in to either
catch food or protect it from predators
Examples (cont.)
 A walking stick’s mimicry can make it look like a twig
to birds and other animals that want to eat it.
 An owl’s eyes can help it see at night for food and
protection.
Plant Adaptations
Plant Adaptations
 Definition:
A plant’s act of changing to
help it survive.
Examples

A Water Lilly's long stem carries nutrients from
the bottom of the pond or lake to the leaf.

A vine can cling to almost anything – walls,
other plants, even other vines!

A cacti’s roots are very close to the ground so
that when it rains the water will be soaked up
quickly.
Examples (cont.)
A
Venus fly trap’s sweet smell lures insects
into its leaves which close around the
insect and trap it while a liquid dissolves it.
A
mushroom’s long roots can stretch out
over a 1 mile radius to help in the
spreading of more mushrooms.
Learned vs. Inherited Traits
Learned vs. Inherited Traits
Definition: acquired knowledge on
how to survive or received from one’s
ancestors.
Examples
 An Atlantic Green Turtle’s
Migration
 Pacific salmon return to their
hatching place in a river or
stream to lay their eggs.
Inherited
Inherited
 A lion’s hunting
Learned
 A chimpanzee using tools
Learned
 Parents –animal or humanprotect their young (exclusion to
fish).
Inherited
 Camouflage
– a way  Acquired – learned,
in which to be
found
disguised
 Ancestors – a member
 Mimicry – when an
of your family that
animal pretends to
was past your parents
be another object or and is currently
animal
dead.
 Nutrients – part of
what an animal needs
to survive, can be
found in the soil.
 Harcourt
science, Harcourt school publishers,
(1993).
 Webster’s
THANKS!!!!
school dictionary.