5/19 Animal Body Structures

5/19 Animal Body Structures

Animal Adaptations

to change your behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place or situation

Poll

Examples of Adapting

Moving to a new home means adapting new a new school, neighborhood and location. Have you ever done this before?

• Yes

• No

Moving to a new country = Adapting

You would need to adapt to a new language and culture.

Example of a small adaptation

going to a place that is on a different time zone then us. It might be 2 pm in New York, but 8 pm somewhere else. You would have to adapt to the time change. If you stayed there long enough, your body would get used to the new time zone. This means you would be adapting.

Behavioral Adaptation

Animals behave a certain way to adapt to their new environment. Animals will migrate (move from one location to another) during the winter when its too cold.

Butterflies will migrate because they can die if it gets too cold.

Poll

Have you ever migrated?

During the winter, have you escaped NY to go on vacation to a warmer place?

• Yes

• No

Hibernation is also a form of Adapting

Animals will sleep during the winter and then wake up when it gets warmer out. Animals can go months without drinking, eating and even going to the bathroom.

Adapting through interactions

Another way animals adapt is through their interactions with each other. Fun fact: Monkeys help each other out by eating bugs off each others backs.

https://youtu.be/fRX2JtKFUzk

Multiple Choice

The camel, giraffe, and penguin all live in different habitats and have different body adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive in their environment.

__________ live in the savannah. It is a grassland scattered with trees.

Multiple Choice

A giraffe’s neck is around 6 feet long. This is perfect for eating _______ from the tall treetops.

Multiple Choice

A giraffe’s _____________ is long and tough which protects it against thorns when it eats.

Multiple Choice

Animals _______ so that they can survive in their environments.

• Danger

• Adapt

Multiple Choice

Some _______ are able to swim to get food

• Animals

• Dogs

Multiple Choice

Some animals are able to escape _______ by swimming.

• Danger

• People

Multiple Choice

Other animals have long body parts so they can get food from high ________.

• Places

• Houses