Definitions
Characteristics of living things that help them survive in their environment.
What are Adaptations?
A long neck helps this animal reach for leaves on tall trees to survive.
What is a Giraffe's Physical Adaptation?
This animal is able to drink big gulps of water (fast) because they are at a disadvantage of not being able to see predators behind them when they bend down for water.
What is a Giraffe's Behavioral Adaptation?
True or False: It rains in the desert all the time.
False... it doesn't rain often, but sometimes it does.
This part of a habitat gives the animals something to drink.
What is Water?
Physical features of an animal that help it survive.
What is a Physical Adaptation?
Some animals have certain patterns or colors on them to help them hide from predators.
What is camouflage?
This animal makes burrows to live in to keep them safe.
What is a Tortoise's Behavioral Adaptation
Fill in the blank: Most desert animals come out at ______ because the air is ______.
Most desert animals come out at night because the air is cooler.
This part of a habitat gives the animals somewhere to live.
What is Shelter?
Something that an animal does to survive.
What is a Behavioral Adaptation?
Warm, white fur helps this animal stay warm and hidden in their cold habitat.
What is a Physical Adaptation of a Polar Bear?
These animals can travel in groups (called schools) for protection and to find food.
What is a Behavioral Adaptation of Fish?
True or False: If it weren't for mountains, there wouldn't be deserts.
True!
This habitat is hot and dry. Not many animals and plants live here. A cactus is a plant that you can find here.
What is the Desert?
The natural home of an animal and where they can find food, water, and shelter to live.
What is a Habitat?
By flapping their long ears, this animal is able to stay cool in their hot habitat.
What is a Physical Adaptation of an Elephant?
Some animals sleep in all winter long.
What is Hibernation?
Fill in the blank: There isn't much ______, ______, or ______ in the desert.
There isn't much food, shelter, or water in the desert.
This habitat is underwater. You can find octupus, fish and coral in this habitat. These plants and animals can survive in the saltwater of this habitat.
What is the Ocean?
To move far away during a particular season to survive.
What is Migrate?
Name 3 animals that have patterns to camouflage.
Accepting answers like: Lizards/Chameleons, Snakes, Zebras, Butterflies, Owls, Frogs, Leopards.
Why do bears eat all summer long?
Bears eat all summer long to store food as fat so they do not die of starvation in their winter hibernations.
Mountains create these to catch all of the moisture in the air before it can get to the desert.
What is a Rain Shadow Effect?
This habitat is hot and humid. It rains almost everyday. The animals here use the large leaves on trees for shelter when it rains.
What is the Rainforest?