Animal Mimics
Feathers: Not Just for Flying
Minn of the MS
Echidna/Platypus
Adaptations
100

This kind of animal copies the appearance, action, or sound of another animal. 

What is a mimic? 

100
These feathers attract attention and maybe even a mate. 

What are peacock feathers? 

100

She is the "monster" in the boys' swimming hole. 

Who is Minn the turtle? 

100

This country is home to both the echidna and the platypus. 

What is Australia? 

100

(type of adaptation) structural changes to an organism's body that you can see, like a giraffe's long neck

What is a physical adaptation? 

200

How did the animals described in Animal Mimics use adaptations?

the adaptations were often used to protect themselves

200

What are some purposes of the adaptation of feathers such in "Feathers: Not Just For Flying"?  

to find a mate like the peacock, for flight, to camouflage themselves, etc. 

200

What genre of text was Minn of the MS? 

fiction 

200

What similarities did the Echidna & Platypus have? 

They were both mammals, lay eggs, & have adaptations that protect themselves from predators

200

(type of adaptation) actions an organism takes to survive, such as a bird migrating or a leopard hiding its prey in a tree

What are behavioral adaptations?

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