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What are animal characteristics? • Characteristics are things that make animals different from each

What are animal characteristics? • Characteristics are things that make animals different from each other, • • such as their body covering, body shape, how many legs they have, and how they move.

Animals and plants differ in the way they: • • Move through their environment

Animals and plants differ in the way they: • • Move through their environment Protect themselves Get food Get water

Where would the animal have a better chance of survival? Match the following: Duck

Where would the animal have a better chance of survival? Match the following: Duck Desert Lizard Jungle Monkey Pond

What physical and behavior characteristics help ducks live in ponds, lizards in deserts, and

What physical and behavior characteristics help ducks live in ponds, lizards in deserts, and monkeys in jungles? Duck Desert Lizard Jungle Monkey Pond

Adaptations: Defining characteristic (physical traits) or instinct that an animal inherits from its parents

Adaptations: Defining characteristic (physical traits) or instinct that an animal inherits from its parents or Learned behavior in response to a change in environment

Protection

Protection

Camouflage Which of these two organisms would be able to survive in an environment

Camouflage Which of these two organisms would be able to survive in an environment that has snow?

Camouflage Which of these two organisms would be able to survive an environment such

Camouflage Which of these two organisms would be able to survive an environment such as a desert?

Camouflage = the means by which an animal is not easily seen within its

Camouflage = the means by which an animal is not easily seen within its surroundings

Other camouflage examples

Other camouflage examples

Mimicry Which one to eat? Monarchs butterflies are distasteful and will cause vomiting if

Mimicry Which one to eat? Monarchs butterflies are distasteful and will cause vomiting if consumed by a predator

 What Is Mimicry? • When one animal copies the appearance, actions, or sounds

What Is Mimicry? • When one animal copies the appearance, actions, or sounds of another animal, the first animal is called a MIMIC. • You can think of it as a copycat!

Other examples of Mimicry

Other examples of Mimicry

Movement

Movement

Reproduction

Reproduction

Getting Food

Getting Food

Getting Water

Getting Water

Behavioral adaptations: • Actions animals take to respond to life needs, such as food,

Behavioral adaptations: • Actions animals take to respond to life needs, such as food, shelter, and protection. • These may be inherited (instincts) or learned

Learned behaviors: • Actions animals take to respond to life needs, such as food,

Learned behaviors: • Actions animals take to respond to life needs, such as food, shelter, and protection in response to a change in their environment

Look at the following pics. Use them to answer the Who am I questions.

Look at the following pics. Use them to answer the Who am I questions.

 Who am I? • I learned how to rollover, sit, and guide people

Who am I? • I learned how to rollover, sit, and guide people who are blind.

 Who am I? • My mother is a hunter, and so am I.

Who am I? • My mother is a hunter, and so am I. • My mother is teaching me all of the skills and techniques needed to hunt for zebras.

 Who am I? • I am a hunter, but now I work with

Who am I? • I am a hunter, but now I work with people. • After I was captured, I learned how to stand on stools and jump through rings.

 Who am I? • I am an omnivore (eat both plants and small

Who am I? • I am an omnivore (eat both plants and small animals) • I learned how to go through trash cans and eat the food that is leftover when my habitat was destroyed.

 Who am I? • I work at Sea World. I love entertaining kids.

Who am I? • I work at Sea World. I love entertaining kids. I learned how to balance a ball on my nose.

 Who am I? • I live near the beach. I have learned that

Who am I? • I live near the beach. I have learned that when I get close to people while they eat, sometimes they will feed me.

 Who am I? • Humans plow fields, and they use me to help

Who am I? • Humans plow fields, and they use me to help them with this process. I have learned to “go” and “stop” on command.

 Who am I? • We don’t get along with lions. They are stronger

Who am I? • We don’t get along with lions. They are stronger and larger, but we have learned to work together to take away their food.

 Who am I? • I am a bird who learns words. I can

Who am I? • I am a bird who learns words. I can say and repeat various words and phrases.

 Who am I? • I instinctively build dams in rivers. I have learned

Who am I? • I instinctively build dams in rivers. I have learned that the fox will eat me, so I will slap my tail as a sign of danger if I see one.

 Who am I? • I’m a hunter and practicing my skills. I have

Who am I? • I’m a hunter and practicing my skills. I have learned to control the ball with my paws. I also love to play with a ball of yarn.

 Who am I? • I love to hear Hip- Hop. I hear this

Who am I? • I love to hear Hip- Hop. I hear this type of music all of the time. I even know the lyrics of most songs.

Behaviors inherited from parents are called instincts

Behaviors inherited from parents are called instincts

Instincts- • When the opposum 'plays dead', • or deer and rabbits 'freeze', they

Instincts- • When the opposum 'plays dead', • or deer and rabbits 'freeze', they are trying to protect themselves from threats in their environment.

 • Hibernation, migration, and instincts are also behavioral adaptations.

• Hibernation, migration, and instincts are also behavioral adaptations.

Animals that Hibernate • Cold Blooded: Bees Earthworms Frogs and toads Lizards Mud Turtles

Animals that Hibernate • Cold Blooded: Bees Earthworms Frogs and toads Lizards Mud Turtles Snails Snakes • Warm blooded: Badgers Hedgehogs Bats Nighthawks Chipmunks Poor-Wills Dormouse Prairie Dogs Fat-tailed lemurs Raccoon Ground squirrels Skunks Hamsters Swifts Marmots, Groundhogs, Woodchucks And bears [depending on who you talk to]

Finding/making Shelters

Finding/making Shelters

BUT n Why are these traits so important? n How do these traits benefit

BUT n Why are these traits so important? n How do these traits benefit the organism in the real world?

Adaptations of Species 1. You will have 10 seconds to view the next slide.

Adaptations of Species 1. You will have 10 seconds to view the next slide. Make sure you take a good look at the different types of species. 2. Using the power point slide clues, you are to identify the correct species.

Who am I? • My environment is cold and I live on land that

Who am I? • My environment is cold and I live on land that is nearby the Arctic Ocean. • I have a thick fur that provides warmth and camouflage. • I have two layers of fur for insulation • I have a layer of fat that provides insulation and food reserve • My main food (prey) are seals. I kill them when they go up from holes to get air. This is also considered my niche. • I have a good sense of smell and hearing to find seals in dark caves as they go up a breathing hole.

Polar Bear

Polar Bear

Who am I? • I can see four to eight times better and further

Who am I? • I can see four to eight times better and further than humans. • I have a curved beak to help me tear fish and other prey apart while I’m eating. • I know how to build nest that are up to six feet in width. • I can swallow small animals in whole. I then throw up all the bones, feather and hair that I cannot digest. • My feathers are white on my head, and tail and black on my body. • My feet are dull orange and my beak is yellow.

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Who am I? • My spines guard me against predators who want to eat

Who am I? • My spines guard me against predators who want to eat me and give me shade to keep me cool. • I have a waxy coating that helps keep me very moist thus allow me to keep more water. • I am able to keep massive amounts of water stored in special expanding cells I need this because of the limitation of rain. • In my environment it can be very cold or very hot, but it is very dry and limited in water.

Cactus

Cactus

Who am I? • I hunt and live in social groups called packs. •

Who am I? • I hunt and live in social groups called packs. • We hunt to together in packs to make it easier. • In our pack there is a dominance of a male and female and are only this mated pair has pups (offspring). • We will eat mostly animals but berries are also added to our diet. • I prefer to live in open woodlands, tundra, or forests.

Wolf

Wolf

Who am I? • I can go weeks without drinking water. • For water

Who am I? • I can go weeks without drinking water. • For water I rely on the morning dew and the water content of our food • I have a very long neck to fee on high levels of treetops. • I can keep track of predators and I can also communicate with other species of my kind. • I have very long legs and can run up to 35 miles per hour.

Giraffe

Giraffe

Who am I? • I have a very stocky build with a broad chest.

Who am I? • I have a very stocky build with a broad chest. • I have short, thin, gray/black hair that covers my entire body except for my dark face. • My arms are longer than my legs. • When provoked I attend to intimidate by standing on my legs and slapping my chest with cupped hand while I roar and scream. • I can climb trees but usually I stay on the ground.

Gorilla

Gorilla

Who am I? • I can about 30 meters tall. • I grow towards

Who am I? • I can about 30 meters tall. • I grow towards sunlight as all plants do (know as phototropic response). • I create seeds on the top to protect them from getting eaten. • When the seeds are ready they fall to the ground to continue reproduction. • As all plants, I use carbon dioxide while a make my own food (process of photosynthesis) and release oxygen.

Palm Tree

Palm Tree

Who am I? • I have very sharp teeth to be able and eat

Who am I? • I have very sharp teeth to be able and eat my prey. • I have a ‘torpedo-shape’ body that allows me to swim very fast 1 -3 miles per hour (normal speed) and 18 miles per hour (short bursts). • I can smell blood and food very well. • I produce millions of small eggs in order to allow some to hatch. • I have small suckerfish know as Remora living on the surface of my skin. When I feed the Remora detaches and picks up the scraps. I let them do this because they in return clean my external surface from parasites.

Shark

Shark

ALL These adaptations give organisms the advantage to survive in their environments.

ALL These adaptations give organisms the advantage to survive in their environments.

BUT • What if the environment changes, and a species can compete with others

BUT • What if the environment changes, and a species can compete with others for food?

What would happen if we changed the environment for each organism? Duck Desert Lizard

What would happen if we changed the environment for each organism? Duck Desert Lizard Jungle Monkey Pond

 • The species could become ill, perish or become extinct. • For example,

• The species could become ill, perish or become extinct. • For example, the panda, bald eagle, gorillas, are endangered species. • • Endangered means that the species is close to becoming extinct.

Performance Indicator • Your animal’s environment is expected to undergo a dramatic climate change

Performance Indicator • Your animal’s environment is expected to undergo a dramatic climate change in the next few years. • The president of the United States has asked you-the leading zoologist specializing in your animal- to predict what adaptations will be needed by your animal to survive the changes • These include physical traits, instincts and learned behaviors.

Requirements • Labeled, Colored, detailed drawing of animal that is 10 inches or bigger.

Requirements • Labeled, Colored, detailed drawing of animal that is 10 inches or bigger. • (Individual parts may be enlarged next to the drawing to show detail) • Write a report : • 1 st paragraph…. . Introduction. • 2 nd paragraph…. compare old and new Inherited traits • 3 rd paragraph…. . compare new and old instincts • 4 th paragraph…. . compare new and old learned behavior • 4 th paragraph…. . conclusion-will animal be able to • survive this drastic climate change