1. Bird Beak Investigation
Phenomenon: Watch the video on Galapogos finches and write down something you are wondering about
Question: How does the type of beak affect the amount of food that can be gathered by the birds? Make a claim………………….
ALL BIRDS GATHER FOOD AT ONCE. NOT ONE AT A TIME! IT WON’T WORK ONE AT A TIME.

2. LAB EXPECTATIONS
NO MESSING AROUND PLEASE. Groups or individuals who are just playing around or making a mock of the lab will not participate any longer. Anyone being careless and making messes same thing and will lose part of your 20 participation points you have now.
Failure to clean up properly and put everything back same thing as above.
You need to get me to check off clean-up when you finish before you sit down. Be sure everything is put back.

3. toad
Adaptations

4. What is an Adaptation?
Any trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
Organisms are born with these traits
You can’t move to Antartica and grow fur just because you are cold…it’s not in your genes

5. There are many types of adaptations
Parts of body
Organ Structures
Camouflage
Mimicry
Chemical defenses
Behaviors/responses

6. Body coverings or parts
Spines
Teeth/Fangs
EXAMPLES
CLAWS
Feet
Beak
Spines
Horns
Trunks
Quills
Armor plates

7. Organ Structures Hollow bird bones make flying and gliding easier
Fish fins help them swim and move through water
Hollow fur hairs help insulate a polar bear against the cold
Dense roots help trees grow in soil

8. Inherited trait that helps an organism look like its surroundings
Camouflage:
Inherited trait that helps an organism look like its surroundings
EXAMPLES
Rabbit
Gecko
Tiger stripes
Chameleon
Sand fish
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9. Mimicry
Looking, moving, or sounding like another living organism to hide from prey or predator.
Model: bad tasting, poisonous one
Mimic: good tasting, non-poisonous, but looks like the model
Examples?
The Viceroy butterfly uses mimicry to look like the Monarch butterfly. Can you tell them apart?
I’m the Viceroy!
Not poisonous
I’m the Monarch!
Poisonous

10. Orchids that look like bees
Mimicry
Orchids that look like bees
Moth with eye spots
Leaf moth

11. Can you think of other examples?
Chemical Defenses
Can you think of other examples?
Spray
Venom
Ink
Venom
Plant Poisons
Poisons

12. Behaviors/ Responses Sunflowers moving toward SUN Hunting
Raising YOUNG
Migrating
Gathering & storing food
Finding/ Building shelter
Defending oneself
Hibernating

13. Analysis Questions: What would happen if an organism moved to a different environment?
Could a polar bear survive in the desert? Explain.
Would a sunflower’s adaptation be as helpful in an area that does not get as much sun? Explain.
Would the viceroy’s mimicry adaptation help it if it moved to an environment with no monarchs? Explain.

14. 4. Could a flying squirrel survive as well on the ground
4. Could a flying squirrel survive as well on the ground? Why or why not?
5. Would a leaf bug survive very well in an area with few plants? Explain.

15. Organism
# in the Rainforest
# in the Desert
Fern
many
none
Snake
some
Mouse
Monkey
Insects
Study the chart to answer the questions: 6. Which organism would most likely be able to survive in a grassland too? Explain Give 2 possible reasons there are many ferns in the rainforest but none in the desert What do mice do to be able to live in the hot climate of the desert that monkeys don’t do?