1. Animal & Plant adaptations

2. What is Adaptation? TRAITS that help organisms meet their basic needs and SURVIVE in their SURROUNDINGS. Plants and Animals need PROTECTION from some things around them. –What are some of those things?

3. 2 Types of Adaptations STRUCTURAL –How the plant or animal is made. BEHAVIORAL –How the organism acts or behaves

4. EXAMPLES of Structural KANGAROO Pouch Woodpecker beak and feet Cactus waxy coating, thorns and wide roots Poison dart frog alarming color!

5. Examples of Behavioral Herding Instinct when scared Migrating Monarchs to Mexico Migrating Geese Alarmed posture Bird building nest

6. ADAPTATIONS Cont’ Mimicry Camouflage Hibernation Migration

7. adaptations Structural Behavioral Camouflage Mimicry Walking stickWalking stick, caterpillar blending into green leaves, lizard blending into surroundings caterpillar blending into green leaves lizard blending into surroundings Coral snake vs. King Snake Monarch butterfly vs. Viceroy butterfly Playing possum Burrowing rabbit Training a dog

8. CONCLUSION DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIORAL? STRUCTURAL?

9. Back to Tree Map

14. Not Dead, just faking to stay alive. Back to Tree Map

15. Going underground for SAFETY Back to Tree Map

16. Learned behavior – not born knowing how to do these tricks Back to Tree Map

17. adaptations _________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ ___________________ _______ _________