Sunken Lesson Animal Adaptations 4 th and 5 th Grades.

Sunken LessonAnimal Adaptations

Sunken LessonAnimal Adaptations

4th and 5th Grades4th and 5th Grades

VocabularyVocabulary

• Adaptation: any body part, behavior, or physiological capability that increases an animal's ability to survive in its environment.

• Behavior: - anything an animal does involving action and/or response to stimulation.

• Adaptation: any body part, behavior, or physiological capability that increases an animal's ability to survive in its environment.

• Behavior: - anything an animal does involving action and/or response to stimulation.

VocabularyVocabularyVocabularyVocabulary

• Biome : The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptation of organisms to that particular environment.

• Biome : The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptation of organisms to that particular environment.

Confusing its PredatorsConfusing its Predators

• Counter Shading: dark and light colors are a form of camouflage.

• A single zebra is hard for a lion to pick out in the herd.

• Counter Shading: dark and light colors are a form of camouflage.

• A single zebra is hard for a lion to pick out in the herd.

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• Conservation: taking care of our environment by wisely managing its resources

• Ecosystem: a unit of plants, animals, and nonliving components of an environment that interact.

• Environment: the total surroundings and forces that act upon a living thing.

• Conservation: taking care of our environment by wisely managing its resources

• Ecosystem: a unit of plants, animals, and nonliving components of an environment that interact.

• Environment: the total surroundings and forces that act upon a living thing.

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• Endangered species: a species of plant or animal of which numbers are decreasing at an alarming rate and is threatened with extinction by human-made or natural changes in the environment.

• Extinct: no longer existing on the Earth.

• Habitat: the place where an animal lives.

• Endangered species: a species of plant or animal of which numbers are decreasing at an alarming rate and is threatened with extinction by human-made or natural changes in the environment.

• Extinct: no longer existing on the Earth.

• Habitat: the place where an animal lives.

CamouflageCamouflage

• Camouflage: coloration that blends in with the surrounding environment.

• Camouflage: coloration that blends in with the surrounding environment.

HabitatHabitat

• Each Habitat creates its own environment unique to each animal.

• Each Habitat creates its own environment unique to each animal.

Endangered SpeciesEndangered Species

• Animals that fail to adapt may become endangered or even extinct.

• Lack of conservation or mismanagement of land, water, and air can cause extinction.

• Animals that fail to adapt may become endangered or even extinct.

• Lack of conservation or mismanagement of land, water, and air can cause extinction.

Other AdaptationsOther Adaptations

• Bird Beaks

• Feet or claws

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Coloration

• Bird Beaks

• Feet or claws

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Coloration