1. ADAPTATIONS

2. STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS

3. Allows animal to glide through air
“Flying Squirrel”
Skin forms “wings”
Allows animal to glide through air
Animal can leap from tree to tree or to ground quickly
Avoid predators
Increasing safety decreases risk of injury

4. “Indian Blanket”
Bright color toward center
Attracts insects
Promotes pollination
Increasing reproduction chances

5. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS

6. “Flat Rock Scorpions”
Produce a poison
Protection from predators
Additional Adaptations
Very flat – fit into rock crevices
Active alte in day

7. “Camel”
Fat stores in hump
Body will slowly metabolize (burn) for energy when food is not available
Additional Adaptations
Double set of eyelashes
Air tight closure of nostrils
Football shaped blood cells

8. BEHAVORIAL ADAPTATIONS

9. Lions
Hunt in groups
Increase chance of success
Reduce amount of energy spent by an individual while hunting

10. “Tortoise”
Resting in a hallow tree
Provides shelter
Protection from predators
Protection from the elements – weather, sun

11. Now Its Your Turn
Indicate what type of adaptation is demonstrated by organisms in the following slides
Explain the benefit or advantage it provides the organism

13. Jack Rabbit Structural Large ears
Helps maintain body temperature by allowing blood to be cooled
Intensify sound to better hear predators

15. Dandelion Seeds Physiological Structural
Produces large number of seeds
Increases the number of offspring
Increases the species chance of survival
Structural
Allows seeds to be dispersed (spread out) easily by the wind
Decreases competition in one area by spreading out the population

17. Meerkats Behavioral Live in large groups (colonies)
Have members on guard duty
All members help raise the offspring
Hunt in groups and teach youngsters how to find food
All help reduce risk of predators and competitors
Increases chances of survival

19. Bird Skulls with Bills Structural
Designed to allow the birds access to a particular type of food
Decreases competition for resources

21. Lockwood Alligator Behavioral Remains motionless with mouth open
Helps to cool its body and regulate its body temperature

23. Venus Fly Traps Physiological Structural
Obtains necessary nitrogen from insects, instead of the soil
Can live in nitrogen poor soils
Produces enzymes to digest insects slowly
Structural
Sensitive “trigger hairs”
Rapidly snap shut to capture prey

25. King Vulture Physiological Structural
Larger olfactory nerve (smell) then any other bird
Can smell food easier, makes food easier to find
Structural
No feathers on head
To avoid blood from carrion (food) sticking to head
Shape of beak and talons (claws)
Tear off pieces of carrion

27. Olympic Runner Behavioral Physiological
Training and Nutrition routines
Physiological
Release of adrenalin a hormone in the body
Increases heart rate, blood flow to the muscles and lungs, blood pressure, alertness
Sweating to help maintain body temperature
Cools the body