Animal adaptations
This type of adaptation allows animals to blend into their environment to avoid predators.
What is camouflage?
Plants use this process to make their own food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of these living things from the past.
What are plants and animals?
I curl into a spiky ball to protect myself from predators.
What is a hedgehog?
This is the process where animals and plants change over time to adapt to their environment.
What is evolution?
Camels have this special feature in their humps to help them survive in the desert.
What is fat and water storage?
Cacti have these instead of leaves to reduce water loss in the desert.
What are spikes?
This sticky substance from trees can trap insects and preserve them as fossils.
What is amber?
I have a layer of blubber and waterproof feathers to keep me warm in icy waters.
What is a penguin?
This scientist is famous for his theory of evolution through natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Some animals, like hedgehogs, enter a deep sleep during the winter to conserve energy.
What is hibernation?
Sunflowers turn their heads to follow this as it moves across the sky.
What is the Sun? (or What is heliotropism?)
Fossils are often found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
I have webbed feet to help me swim and sticky pads on my toes to climb trees.
What is a tree frog?
This is what happens when animals with helpful traits survive and pass those traits to their babies.
What is natural selection?
Arctic foxes change their fur colour with the seasons. What is the reason for this adaptation?
What is to help them blend in with their environment for protection?
Some tree leaves change colour and fall off in autumn to help the tree save energy.
What is losing leaves (or shedding leaves)?
A scientist who studies fossils to learn about the past is called this.
What is a palaeontologist?
I have excellent eyesight and sharp talons to hunt prey from high in the sky.
What is an eagle?
Finches on the Galápagos Islands developed different types of beaks to help them eat different kinds of food. This is an example of this process.
What is adaptation?
Dolphins and bats use this special adaptation to navigate and find food in the dark.
What is echolocation?
The Venus flytrap catches and eats insects to survive in soil that lacks this important nutrient.
What is nitrogen?
These giant reptiles lived millions of years ago, and we learn about them through fossils.
What are dinosaurs?
I have rows of sharp teeth that continuously replace themselves, and I can detect tiny movements in the water to find prey.
What is a shark?
This term describes the process where a species no longer exists anywhere on Earth.
What is extinction?