1. Habitat and Adaptations

2. Habitat = the neighborhood an animal lives in. Where does he live?
Beaver
What’s your Habitat, you are an animal?
What are your expectations from your home, what are your basic needs that need to be taken care by your home environment?
Food, shelter, a social environmnent
Builds himself a lodge in lakes and wetlands

3. Habitat How is the beaver equipped to live in this environment
Thick oily fur to keep him warm
Long teeth (incisors) to cut down trees
Broad flat tail to swim
What’s your Habitat, you are an animal
Webbed hind feet
Beaver

5. Habitat
The environment in which a species lives is called its habitat.
Provides shelter
Provides food and water
Has a climate to which animals are adapted
Has other animals of the same species so that they can reproduce
Animals are adapted to their habitats, because they survive better when they are well adapted

6. Adaptation
Adjustments of a species to be more suited to live in an environment

7. Adaptation to climate Red fox Arctic fox Fur: thick and white
What get’s cold really quickly when it’s really cold outside? Ears and nose – anything that sticks out
Red fox
Fur: thick and white
Small ears, short tail
More compact body

8. Adaptation Adaptation to climate Fur thickness, Fur colour,
Animal body shape (ears and tail)
Body fat

9. Adaptation to the way they move
Ducks mostly move on water not on land
 Have webbed feet

10. Albatross
compact, streamlined body with strong feet adjusted for swimming

11. The claws of the chameleon help him walk on thin branches

12. Adaptation Adaptation to how they move Webbed feet
body adapted to flying vs. swimming
opposing digits for climbing
Streamlined body of fish

13. Adaptation to what they eat

14. The function of different types of teeth
Incisor (shred, cut)
Canine (tear)
Premolar and Molar
(grind and crush)

15. Adaptation to what they eat
Rodent Herbivore:
Well developed Incisors
Herbivore:
Well developed Molars
Worksheet
Carnivore:
Well developed Canines

16. Which skull belongs to which animal?

17. What are humans?
Omnivores
All our teeth are well developed

18. What do they eat?
Red-tailed hawk
Short, strong, hooked beak
Carnivor

19. Short, strong, wide beak
seeds, insects berries
cardinal

20. Short and slender beak
Insectivor
Catches insects
swallow

21. Long, slender beak Nectar from flowers, insect eggs, aphids
hummingbird

22. Everything they can find
Big, long, powerful beak
Omnivore
crow
Everything they can find

23. Adaptations to what they eat
mammals
birds
Herbivores (eat plants)
> well developed molars
Rodent herbivores (eat seeds and nuts)
> well developed incisors
Carnivores ( eat meat)
> well developed canines
Birds of prey (eat meat)
> short strong hooked beak
Cardinal (eats hard seeds)
> short wide beak
Swallow (eats insects)
> short and slender beak
Crow, sea gull (omnivore)
> eat plants, seeds or meat
> long strong, thick beak

24. Adaptation to the way they communicate
Bright colors to attract female
 visual signal

25. Adaptation to the way they communicate
Waggle dance to indicate which direction to find food
 visual signal

26. Adaptation to the way they communicate
Birds sing to attract females and to mark their territory
 auditory signal

27. Adaptation to the way they communicate
Howling to confirm membership in the pack, signal readiness to hunt and mark territory.
 auditory signal

28. Adaptation to the way they communicate
Whistle
to stay in contact with other dolphins
 Auditory signal

29. Adaptation to the way they communicate
Skunks spray a liquid to ward off predators
 olfactory signal
Dogs, wolfs and moose use urine to mark their territory

30. Adaptation Adaptation to the way they communicate
Visual signals - animal colours
- animal movements
Auditory signals - birds sing to mark their territory
- wolfs howl to confirm membership
- dolphins whistle to stay in contact
Olfactory signals - skunks spray to warn predators
- dogs urinate to mark their territory

31. Adaptation to the way they orient
Echolocation

32. Plant adaptations Plants need help to spread their seeds Dandelion
Coconut palm

33. Adaptation to the way seeds are spread

34. Animals eating fruit spread the seeds of the fruit.
Coffee beans that have gone through a monkeys digestive system are the most expensive coffee beans on earth.

35. Plant adaptations How to spread seeds. Dandelion  wind
Coconut palm  water
Fruit producing plants  animals

36. Plant adaptations
Plants need the help of insects to fertilize their flowers
Attraction through smell
Attraction through imitation
Nectar deep inside flower

37. Plant adaptations How to attract insects for fertilization Smell
Imitation

38. Plant adaptations – where they live
The needles of coniferous trees allow them to grow in colder regions.
Needles are covered with thick waxy layer to conserve water and heat.

39. Plant adaptations – where they live
succulent plants store water in their trunks to survive the dry season

40. Plant adaptations – where they live
= algae and fungi living together
Algae provides food
(photosynthesis)
Fungi provides moisture
Who knows what a Lichen is?  algae + fungi
Lichen
Symbiosis:
A mutually beneficial relationship between two living organisms

41. Plant adaptations How to withstand climate.
Needles of coniferous trees more resistant.
Algae of lichens are protected by mushrooms.
Cacti store water in their stems.