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Wednesday, 4-15-15
Warm up: Butterfly Disguise
Rules of contest:
1. Color FIRST
2. Cut out the correct size
3. The whole butterfly must be
visible
4. The location must be visible,
not hidden behind an object
5. A predator will come to pick
off those that are not fit to the
environment
6. Prizes for winners 
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Agenda:
1. Notes adaptations
2. Poster walk
3. Zingy 11.9 done?
4. Natural Selection
game/ Biodiversity
activity
Draw and label the structures of a
fish that allow it to move underwater.
Gills
Fins
Scales
Streamlined body
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Adaptations:
Physical traits and behaviors that enhance an
organism’s survival
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Animals have certain adaptations
that help them to survive.
Zebras confused predators with their
stripes.
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Physical adaptations
are body structures
that allow an animal
to find and consume
food, defend itself,
and to reproduce its
species
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Physical
adaptations help
an animal or
plant survive in
its environment.
Physical adaptation
Camouflage (use of color in a
surrounding)
The chameleon can change its color to match its
surroundings. Can you do that?
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Physical adaptation
Mimicry
(looking or sounding like another living organism)
The Viceroy butterfly uses mimicry to look like the Monarch
butterfly. Can you tell them apart?
I’m the Viceroy!
Not poisonous
Poisonous
I’m the Monarch!
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Physical adaptation
Chemical defenses (like venom, ink, sprays)
An octopus squirts out ink to escape
predators
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Physical adaptations
Body coverings: armor plates, fur,
feathers, shells, scales
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Physical adaptations
Body parts (claws, beaks, feet, skulls,
teeth)
The elephant’s trunk is a physical
adaptation that helps it to clean itself,
eat, drink, and to pick things up.
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Physical adaptations
Adaptations of leaves, stems, and roots
Leaves:
Food storage
Onion=bulb
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Leaves:
Protection
Cactus=spines
Stem:
Climbing/support
Grape vine=tendril
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Root:
Support
Corn=prop roots
Behavioral adaptations are
organisms’ actions.
Remember that Physical Adaptations
are body structures of animals or
plants.
Each organism has unique
methods of adapting to its
environment by means of different
actions.
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We can divide Behavioral Adaptations into
two groups:
Instinctive
Learned
These behaviors
happen naturally &
don’t have to be
learned.
These behaviors must
be taught.
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Learned
behaviors
Chimpanzee
using a stick to
get insects
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Obtained by interacting
with the environment
and cannot be passed on
to the next generation
except by teaching.
Nomadic: Polar bear
needs to search for food
(roams all over)
Swarming: Fish use
as a defense against
predation
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Nocturnal: active at night
BurrowerDigs holesMole
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Food Storage: some hide food
away; some store fat
Hibernation: deep sleep
through winter
Migration: Wildebeest follow the
rainfall patterns
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Arboreal (live in trees)
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Night Blooming
Some desert plants have flowers that
open at night because there are more
pollinators active during the cool
hours.
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Other responses to environmental
stimuli:
Lean towards light (phototropism)
Shed leaves (apoptosis)
Flower
Lean away from loud music 
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Katydid
False Eyes
This insect has two false eyes
that act to scare away
predators.
As a predator is approaching,
the katydid opens its wings to
reveal the eyes. The predator
may believe that they are eyes
one of its own predators and
will avoid them.
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Atlas Moth
The wings open up
to reveal a pattern
that is similar to
snake skin. In
nature, many
organisms are afraid
of snakes so this
pattern may make
the predator turn
right back around.
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Deilephila Moth
This moth hides
among similarly
colored plants by day
and does not fly until
well after dark. The
moth will travel to
species of plants that
have the red and
orange color of its
body.
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Flatfish
Flatfish can flatten their bodies and lay on the bottom of
the sea floor waiting to snatch at passing prey. Some
species can even rotate their other eye so that both are
looking up!
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Butterfly Fish
Butterfly fish have a
false eye on both
sides of its body.
This feature
serves two
purposes.
1.False eye is large
and on the back
2.Real eye is hidden
by a black stripe
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Eye Stripe
False
Eye
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Iguana
Can you see him? Many of its prey can not. This
lizard uses camouflage to blend into the surroundings
while hunting his prey.
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Kill Deer Eggs
Kill Deer eggs look like and they lay them in gravel
If anything gets close to the young the mother will appear injured by
dragging their wing across the ground and limping. Predators will
think it’s injured and follow it but the bird stays just one limping step
in front of them…the entire time they are leading the predator AWAY
from their young. Once they are far enough away the faking bird will
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Leaf Insect
Small insects like this
one are often a favorite
food for many
animals. This insect
protects itself by
mimicking a green
leaf. You can even see
the fake leave veins on
its body.
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Just Some Cool Animals You May
Not Know About:
What do you think their adaptations are for?
Mongolian Mickey Mouse!
Bask Shark!
Purple Frog!
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