A state of minimal activity where animals have a low body temperature, slow breathing and a slow heart rate. This usually happens because of cold temperatures and/or limited food.
What is hibernation?
Many animals have _______ for moving or navigating their environment.
What are tails?
What internal structure is shown here?
What are bones or skeletal adaptations?
Cactus thorns (or spines) are an example of this type of adaptation.
What is an external structural adaptation?
This behavioural adaptation, found in bats and dolphins, allows animals to "see" with sound. High-frequency sounds are made and the echoes are used to navigate the environment. This is called...
What is echolocation?
When animals travel long distances to find better food sources, breeding grounds, or favourable climates.
What is migration?
The tortoise's shell is an example of a structure that deters or protects against predators. In general, these structures are called...
What are physical defenses?
(Specifically shells, scales, skin, quills, tusks, antlers, claws, talons, etc)
The reason for having insulation in the body, such as fat layers or fur
What is thermoregulation or body temperature regulation?
Honeybees perform dances (aka waggle and round dances) to communicate the direction and distance to patches of flowers with nectar and pollen. The honeybee dances are this type of adaptation.
What is a behavioural adaptation?
Some organisms, like this sunflower sea star, can replace lost body parts, such as limbs or organs, after injury. This internal and external structural adaptation is known as...
What is regeneration?
___________ can provide benefits such as protection from predators, shared defenses, and cooperative hunting or foraging.
What are social groups, herds, or colonies?
Land animals, like this gazelle, typically have _________ for quick movements to evade predators or catch prey.
What are slender bodies or long legs?
What internal structure is shown here?
What are lungs or the respiratory system?
The arctic cod has antifreeze proteins and sugars that stop ice crystals from forming in its blood. The cod's non-freezing blood is this type of adaptation.
What is internal structural adaptation?
To avoid detection by predators, some species will remain motionless and play dead like this opposum. Playing dead is this type of adaptation.
What is a behavioural adaptation?
Crypsis: the ability to avoid observation or detection by others
This behavioural adaptation includes vocalisations, body language, chemical signals, and visual displays for sending messages within and between species.
What is (modes of) communication?
Animals like the Katydid insect can change their colour or patterns to blend in with their surroundings. This is called...
What is camouflage?
What internal structure is shown here?
What are stomachs, intestines or digestive systems?
The chameleon's leaf-walking is an example of this type of adaptation.
What is behavioural or social adaptation?
Anglerfish use bio-luminescence to lure smaller animals. Their dangling antenna is this type of adaptation.
What is an external structural adaptation and/or behavioural adaptation?
Many animals make ___________ to secure resources such as food, find a mate, or take a nesting site.
What are territorial displays?
A survival strategy used by various organisms to look or sound like something else in order to deceive predators, prey, or both.
What is mimicry or imitation?
What internal structure is shown in this picture?
What is the heart and circulatory system?
E.g. fish have a two-chambered heart!
Woodpeckers have spongy skulls and their tongues wrap around the skull helping to reduce the force & shock of pecking. The woodpecker's skull is this type of adaptation.
What is an internal structural adaptation?
Some plants and animals have waxy surfaces that repel water which prevent water-logging, facilitate movement through water, or reduce the risk of infections caused by moisture. This external structural adaptation is called...
What is hydrophobic coating, hydrophobicity, or waterproof?