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2. BirdSleuth K-12 What makes a bird a bird? Wings Eggs Walking on two legs Feathers Beaks Hollow bones Black-capped Chickadee

3. BirdSleuth K-12 What is a bird? B ILL W ING L EG E GG

4. BirdSleuth K-12 Rock Pigeon Canada Geese European Starling House Sparrow Mallard American Robin House Finch

5. BirdSleuth K-12 An ecosystem is a community of living organisms and the nonliving environment with which they interact The Earth can be considered one ecosystem

6. BirdSleuth K-12 If the whole Earth is an ecosystem…. … then why do particular species live in particular places?

7. BirdSleuth K-12 Adaptations Help an organism survive and/or reproduce in its environment Produced by natural selection Can be physiological, structural, or behavioral

8. BirdSleuth K-12 Features are shaped by natural selection Wings Feathers Bills Legs Eggs and Nests

9. BirdSleuth K-12 What is a habitat? A habitat is the place where an organism lives It is made up of four components Food SpaceCover Water

10. BirdSleuth K-12 Habitat is… FoodWaterCoverSpace Different birds eat different foods. To drink, bathe, or forage. For from predators and bad weather. An area to find enough food, water, and cover.

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12. Looks like home to me! Yup ! It does have food, water, cover, and space… Sure is! A habitat is the place in which an organism lives Scoot over, you are squishing me!

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