South View Primary SchoolSouth View Primary SchoolP6 F. Science Day 1 P6 F. Science Day 1

Adaptations in Animals

Adaptations are good for

Getting a meal

Avoid becoming a meal

Keeping warm or cool

Finding a mate

Raising offspring

Structural and Behavioural Adaptations

Structural adaptations are physical features of an organism like the bill on a bird or the fur on a bear.

Behavioural adaptations are the things organisms do to survive. For example, bird calls and migration are behavioural adaptations.

Adaptation in animals - For escaping predators

Hiding - using shells, burrows, holes

Adaptation in animals - For escaping predators

Defending – using spines, puff up

Adaptation in animals- For escaping predators

Body coverings – camouflage

Adaptation in animals Coping with extreme temperatures

Cold environment- Have thick fur or feathers , thick layer of fat under skin

Hot environment – sweat and urinate very little, store fat in body, hide in shade or large trees

Adaptation in animals - for movement in water

May have swim bladder for staying afloat

May have flippers, fins or webbed feet

Streamlined body shape

Adaptation in animals - for movement in air

Feathers – have wings, flight muscles

Streamlined bodyHollow bones

Adaptation in animals – for breathing in water

Have gills, gill chambers, skin, breathing tube, air bubble, special nostril, blowing hole

Adaptation in animals - for breathing on land

Breathing holesNostrilsSkin

Adaptation in animals - for obtaining food

Hunt in pairs Adapted feet – claws

or talons Mouth – sharp

pointed teeth or fangs, hooked beak (eagle), straw like mouth (butterflies)

Keen eyesight

Why do camels have humps?

The camel’s humps help it to:

Stay coolFind water

Store food

energy

Assignment : Create your own Assignment : Create your own Creature Creature

Invent a creature that doesn’t exist, but that lives

in a desert. (hot, little water, getting enough food to

eat is difficult)

Decide where it lives, what it eats,

Give it the adaptations that it needs to live.

fur feathers eyes markings claws spines hard shell long legs mouth parts bright markings teeth wings flippers

Assignment: Create your own creature

Draw and name the creature Point out what the important feature and how

it helps the creature to survive

(eg. Big ears – to reduce heat loss)