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Habitat • What is a Habitat? 1 -Habitat: “The environment in which a specific species lives…” • To survive animal need: 2 - To meet other animals of the same species to reproduce 3 - A shelter (home/house) 4 - Food and water 5 - A climate to which they are adapted.

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Adaptation • Adaptation: 6 -Species must be adapted to their habitat. – Physical and behavioural adaptations 7 -Physical: Change of fur color. 8 - Behavioural: Hunt only in the morning.

Adaptation to Climate 9 - Species will adapt physically to their environment.

Adaptation through how they move 10 - Animal movement is adapted to specific habitats.

Adapting through how they eat 11 - Every species has physical adaptations that help it eat.

Adapting through how they eat 12 - Plants also have adaptations to their habitat that help them obtain food.

Adapting through how they eat • Epiphytic plant: 13 - A plant that grows on another plant without harming it. • Symbiosis: 14 - A mutually beneficial relationship between two living organisms.

Adapting through the way they communicate 15 - It helps individuals make contact with other individuals of the same or different species.

16 -Means of communication: – Colours (birds) – Gestures (Deer) – Light (Fireflies) – Odours (Skunks) – Cries (Dolphins) – Howls (Coyotes) – Songs (Birds) – Sounds (Beavers)

Adapting through the way they reproduce • Example: Reproduction of flowering plants • 17 - Since they cannot move about, they sometimes use insects to distribute their pollen.