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Animal Adaptations
Objectives
• 3.4 The student will investigate and understand that behavioral and physical adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs. Key concepts include:– hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry,
instinct, and learned behavior.
What is adaptation?
• Special features that help an animal to survive in its environment.
• Physical adaptation: Bodily structures that help with survival.
• Behavioral adaptation: Something that an animal does to survive.
Physical adaptations• Type of body covering: fur, feathers, scales• Color: patterns, match surroundings• Body part: beak, antlers, ears, claws• Defenses: venom, spray, quills
Camouflage• Color or pattern of an animal that helps it to
blend in with its surroundings.• Helps the animal to find food or hide from its
enemies.
Mimicry
• Looking or sounding like another animal or object to help an animal hide.
Behavioral Adaptations
• Anything that an animal does in order to survive.
• Some behaviors are learned: they must be taught how to do it.
• Other behaviors are instinct: they are born knowing how to do it.
Hibernation
• Hibernation is an instinctive behavior.• It is a response to cold weather.• Animals go into a sleep state to survive the
cold winter.
Migration
• Migration is an instinctive behavior.• Migration is travelling from one place to
another when the seasons change.• All types of animals migrate!