Plant and Animal Adaptations

A marbled tree frog is very difficult to see when it is resting on a tree limb because its coloring blends in well with the tree bark.

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Tail

Birds do not like to eat monarch butterflies. Since a viceroy butterfly is about the same size, shape and color as a monarch butterfly, the birds leave it alone because they think the viceroy butterfly is a monarch butterfly.

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Keen eye sight

Seals, walruses, whales, and penguins rely on these fatty deposits to keep warm in the cold and ocean water.

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Blubber

Many insects use these to smell or detect moisture in the air.

• Antennae

• Tendril

• Talon

A dormouse makes a winter nest underground. Then it eats and eats. Finally, it curls into a ball and sleeps the entire winter.

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Blubber

The passionflower uses this structure for climbing up fences.

• Tendrils

• Talons

• Antennae

A scorpion uses this to paralyze its prey and also to defend itself from predators.

• Antennae

• Tendril

• Stinger

Every Fall before Winter, the gray whales travel more than 5,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to warmer waters in Mexico.

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Fins

An eagle's sharp claws are used for catching and grasping fish near the surface of the water.

• Antennae

• Tendrils

• Talons

A prickly pear cactus has these structures that protect them from animals that eat plants.

• Spikes

• Stingers

• Antennae