Animal Adaptations
This is why a giraffes Neck is so long.
What is to reach the leaves on trees to eat?
What does the term ectothermic mean?
What is the temperature of the organism is regulated by the environment?
The transfer of heat through physical contact.
Example: Touching a hot plate.
What is conduction?
This is one adaptation that keeps a camels cool in hot weather?
What is a light colored coat?
Penguins do this to prevent the loss of heat.
What is they huddle up?
An armadillo has this adaptation to protect its body.
What is a tough shell or plates?
This animal type is warm-blooded.
Transfer of heat through waves.
Example: How we get warm from a campfire.
What is radiation?
Elephants cool down by doing this?
What is covering their bodies in mud or flapping their ears.
A seal has this to keep warm in the frigid waters.
What is a layer of blubber?
This adaptation helps a sloth blend in to its surroundings.
What is slow movement and camouflaged fur?
This type of animal will warm itself up on a warm rock.
What is an ectotherm?
Transfer of heat through circulation.
Example: A space heater in a house.
What is Convection?
A lizard will warm itself on this.
What is a warm rock?
A polar bear has this adaptation to blend in to the snow.
What is a white coat?
Much like a porcupine, an echidna has this adaptation to ward of predators?
What are sharp spines on its back?
Dogs do this to cool down their body temperature.
What is panting?
When an object is "hot," what can you say about the motion of its atoms?
What is they are moving fast and spread apart?
Animals that hunt at night to keep cool are called this.
An arctic owl is _________ when flying to hunt for prey.
What is silent?
This type of bird has an adaptation in its beak to help it scoop up fish.
What is a pelican?
Humans are this type of animal?
What are endotherms?
When an object is "cold," what can you say about the motion of its atoms?
What is they are close together or dense, and moving slowly?
Crocodiles need to monitor their body temperature carefully. They spend much of their time here to make sure they don't overheat.
What is in the water, for better or worse?
One cold weather animal is the narwhal. What is a feature that only the male narwhal has?
What is a single tusk that resembles a unicorn horn?