animal adaptations. activity1: adaptation notes adaptations = anything that helps an animal survive...
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Activity1: Adaptation NotesActivity1: Adaptation Notes
Adaptations = anything that helps an animal Adaptations = anything that helps an animal survive in their environmentsurvive in their environment
Structural =
Structural Behavioral
Behavior =
Innate Learned
Types of AdaptationTypes of Adaptation
Structural adaptationStructural adaptation = a physical = a physical characteristic determined by geneticscharacteristic determined by genetics
Protective colorationProtective coloration MimicryMimicry
Behavioural adaptations = innate Behavioural adaptations = innate (instinctual) or learned(instinctual) or learned
MigrationMigration HibernationHibernation
Structural adaptationsStructural adaptations A A structural adaptationstructural adaptation involves involves
some part of an animal's body.some part of an animal's body.
Teeth Teeth Body coverings Body coverings Movement Movement
Protective ColorationProtective Coloration Coloration Coloration and and protective protective
resemblanceresemblance allow an allow an animal to blend into its animal to blend into its environment. environment.
Another word for this might Another word for this might be camouflage. Their be camouflage. Their camouflage makes it hard camouflage makes it hard for enemies to single out for enemies to single out individuals.individuals.
What would probably What would probably happen if we reversed the happen if we reversed the environment for these environment for these animals?animals?
MimicryMimicry MimicryMimicry allows one allows one
animal to look, sound, animal to look, sound, or act like another or act like another animal to fool animal to fool predators into predators into thinking it is thinking it is poisonous or poisonous or dangerous. dangerous.
Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations
Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations include activities that help include activities that help an animal survive. an animal survive.
Behaviour adaptations can Behaviour adaptations can be learned or innate. be learned or innate.
Social behaviour Social behaviour Behaviour for protection Behaviour for protection
MigrationMigration Animals migrate for Animals migrate for
different reasons. different reasons.
better climate better climate better food better food safe place to live safe place to live safe place to raise young safe place to raise young go back to the place they go back to the place they
were born. were born.
This is a behavioural This is a behavioural adaptation that involves adaptation that involves an animal or group of an animal or group of animals moving from animals moving from one region to another one region to another and then back again. and then back again.
HibernationHibernation This is deep sleep in which animal’s body This is deep sleep in which animal’s body
temp drops, body activities are slowed to temp drops, body activities are slowed to conserve energy.conserve energy.
E.g. Bats, woodchucks & bears.E.g. Bats, woodchucks & bears.
Schooling FishSchooling Fish
Behavioral Behavioral adaptationadaptation Swim in same Swim in same
directiondirection Coordinated Coordinated
patternspatterns
http://http://www.youtube.com/www.youtube.com/watch?watch?v=syL4RAHCWscv=syL4RAHCWsc
Mullet Schooling as Mullet Schooling as a dolphin huntsa dolphin hunts
http://http://www.youtube.com/www.youtube.com/watch?watch?v=IumVnppaobAv=IumVnppaobA
Some more examplesSome more examples
Video Clip – Video Clip – Adaptations in Action Adaptations in Action (Perth Australia Zoo)(Perth Australia Zoo)
http://www.youtube.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?watch?v=wEDxThDINgQ&featurev=wEDxThDINgQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1=endscreen&NR=1
Lab Journal: Lab Journal: Create a list of the Create a list of the additional additional examples of examples of adaptations you adaptations you observe in the observe in the videovideo
How do these How do these adaptations “fit” adaptations “fit” the environment?the environment?
Activity 3Activity 3: Table Discussions: Table Discussions16. What happens if a species can’t adapt to changes in their environment? 17. How does genetic diversity help a species to adapt to changes in the environment?18. How do the Laws of Genetics help a species survive within an environment?19. What key structural adaptations do we have as a species? 20. Do we have mainly instinctive or learned behavioral adaptations? __________ What would Mr. Mundt call this set of actions? _______________ Hint: It begins with a “c.”