Types of AdaptationTypes of Adaptation
Anything that helps an organism survive in Anything that helps an organism survive in
its environment is an adaptation.
its environment is an adaptation.
It also refers to the ability of living things to It also refers to the ability of living things to
adjust to different conditions within their adjust to different conditions within their
environments.
Structural adaptationsStructural adaptations
A A structural adaptationstructural adaptation involves involves
some part of an animal's body.some part of an animal's body.
Teeth Teeth
Body coverings
Body coverings
Movement Movement
Protective ColorationProtective Coloration
Coloration Coloration and and
protective protective
resemblanceresemblance allow allow
an animal to blend an animal to blend
into its environment.
into its environment.
Another word for this Another word for this
might be camouflage.
might be camouflage.
Their camouflage Their camouflage
makes it hard for makes it hard for
enemies to single out enemies to single out
individuals.
individuals.
MimicryMimicry
MimicryMimicry allows one allows one
animal to look, animal to look,
sound, or act like sound, or act like
another animal to fool another animal to fool
predators into predators into
thinking it is thinking it is
poisonous or poisonous or
dangerous.
dangerous.
Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations
Behaviour adaptationsBehaviour adaptations
include activities that help include activities that help
an animal survive.
an animal survive.
Behaviour adaptations can Behaviour adaptations can
be learned or instinctive. be learned or instinctive.
Social behaviour
Social behaviour
Behaviour for protection
Behaviour for protection
MigrationMigration
Animals migrate for Animals migrate for
different reasons.
different reasons.
better climate better climate
better food better food
safe place to live safe place to live
safe place to raise young safe place to raise young
go back to the place they go back to the place they
were born. were born.
This is when behavioral This is when behavioral
adaptation that involves adaptation that involves
an animal or group of an animal or group of
animals moving from animals moving from
one region to another one region to another
and then back again.
and then back again.
HibernationHibernation
This is deep sleep in which animal’s body This is deep sleep in which animal’s body
temp droops, body activities are slowed to temp droops, body activities are slowed to
conserve energy.conserve energy.
E.g. Bats, woodchucks & bears.E.g. Bats, woodchucks & bears.
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