Plant and Animal Adaptations:

Physical or Behavioral Adaptations

100

Porcupines have sharp quills for protection

Physical Adaptation

200

Birds migrate for the winter

Behavioral Adaptation

300

Eagles have eyes that can spot food from far away

Physical Adaptation

400

Bears sharp claws help them catch fish

Physical Adaptation

500

Hibernation helps animals to survive in the winter such as bears and bats.

Behavioral Adaptation

Plants

100

This plant has thorns for protection.

rose

200

This plant has special leaves that close and trap insects.

Venus flytrap

300

This plant has bright colors that smell to attract bees

flowers

400

This plant slowly turns all day to face the sun to make more food.

Sunflower

500

These carry pollen from one flower to another.

Bees

Animals

100

This animal uses its claws to hold its food, lives on the beach, and has a hard shell.

Crab

200

These animals migrate to the south for winter.

birds

300

This animal spends winter buried in mud at the bottom of the pond

turtle

400

What animal has spots that look like eyes of a larger animal to scare away birds?

moth

500

What animal can change colors to match its background?

Lizard

Traits

100

This helps you tell things apart from one another

traits

200

This trait helps giraffes to reach food from tall trees

Long necks

300

This trait helps birds to fly

Wings

400

This trait helps flowers absorb nutrients and water from soil

Roots

500

This trait helps porcupines protect themselves

Sharp Quills

Cause/Effect

100

Venus fly traps have leaves that close and trap insects..

so that they can eat food

200

Cheetahs can run fast so they can

catch food

300

Flowers have pollen so they can..

reproduce

400

Fish have gills so they can

breathe underwater

500

Bears have sharp claws for

catching and holding food like fish