Adaptations
What is an adaptation?
Something a species has to help it survive
What is evolution?
How species change over time and gain more traits
Give 1 animal adaptation
Any from: Camouflage, speed, size, teeth, claws, colour, behaviour etc
Give 1 adaptation a plant has?
Leaves, spikes, flowers, roots, trunks etc
This is a community of living and non-living things interacting in one place.
ecosystem
This is the place where an organism lives.
habitat
This scientist is famous for the idea of natural selection.
Charles Darwin
This animal eats plants.
herbivore
This is an organism that makes its own food using sunlight.
producer
This ecosystem is very dry and gets little rain.
desert
A chameleon changes colour to do this.
camouflage
This happens when a species can no longer survive and dies out.
extinction
This animal eats other animals.
carnivore
Plants use this process to make their own food.
photosynthesis
This ecosystem has many trees and lots of rain.
rainforest
Too little or too much of this can affect plant growth
nutrients - food, water, salt etc
This describes animals that eat both plants and animals.
omnivores
When animals sleep through winter to save energy.
hibernation
Plants release this gas into the air during photosynthesis.
oxygen
This animal is active at night instead of during the day.
nocturnal
This type of adaptation involves how an animal acts (like hibernating or migrating).
behavioral adaptation
Animals in cold climates often have thick fat layers to help with this.
Fat/fur/insulation to keep warm
This group of animals has backbones.
vertebrates
Some plants have thick stems to store water in dry environments. This is common in this plant type.
cacti
Plants need this gas from the air to make food.
carbon dioxide