* Camouflage and Mimicry
The place where a plant or animal lives is called a __________.
habitat
This is the reason some animals go into a long, deep sleep for the winter.
To live on the stored fat from food they ate to survive the long winter.
Name two types of physical adaptations.
Mimicry and camouflage.
How does the aye aye's adaptations help it survive?
Big eyes, long third finger, strong teeth, good hearing
What would happen to a population of bald eagles if their forest home was suddenly cut down?
Their habitat would change dramatically. They would have to find a new home or they might die.
This is a physical adaptation in which an animal looks like another, more dangerous animal.
Mimicry
These are two animals that hibernate.
Bears/bats/chipmunks/snakes/turtles/frogs
How can an organism's appearance help it survive?
The appearance may allow the organism to hide from predators/prey.
Duck feet are webbed. This physical adaptation helps them to do what?
Swim.
Why are giant pandas at risk?
They cannot adapt to changes in their habitat. Bamboo is their primary source of food and it is being cut down. As a result, there is not enough food and the giant pandas are dying.
Name three different animals that use camouflage to help blend in with the environment.
Examples, octopus, deer, Madagascar spider (from video), preying mantis, sea dragon, etc.....
True or false: animals need less food when they are hibernating.
True
What do you call a group of organisms that produce organisms of the same kind?
Species.
If the prey of a particular predator became extinct, what might happen to the predator species?
Without that source of food, it could starve, and even could become extinct as well.
Name one animal that uses mimicry to help scare off predators because they look like other, more dangerous, animals.
South American owl butterfly, painted lady butterfly (looks like a monarch butterfly), milk snake (looks like a coral snake, mimic octopus (can look like a sea snake or lion fish), etc.
During hibernation an animal's __________ and __________ slow down significantly.
Heartbeat and breathing
Rhinoceros young watch their mothers hunt for food. Then they learn to hunt for food. What kind of adaptation is this?
Behavioral adaptation
Bird feet that are curled up are good for doing what?
What is perching on a branch?
Where does the energy producers use come from originally?
The sun.
I am a large, white predator. I blend in with snow and ice. I am not trying to protect myself because I am big and strong. Instead, I am trying to disguise myself so that my prey won't notice me before I attack.
Polar bear.
What do animals do to prepare for hibernation?
Eat lots of food to supplement their fat storage.
What are 2 examples of adaptations that help animals hunt?
Wolves hunting in groups and surrounding prey, archer fish knocking down insects from branches above, whales blow a circle of bubbles around schools of fish, etc.
What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?
Producers make their own food through a process called photosynthesis and consumers must hunt or forage for food.