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Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted
to Their Environment?
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Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
Let’s see different environments and how are animals adapted?
What is an environment?
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Blue planet!
Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
What is an environment?
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• The environment is all of the living and nonliving things in an area.
Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
What is an environment?
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• Earth has many types of environments. Because there are so many types of environments on Earth, there are also many types of living things.
• Each living thing, or organism, is able to survive in its own environment.
• Plants and animals depend on their environment to meet their needs.
• What do animals need to survive?
Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
What is an environment?
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Who is out on Limb?
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If you were in a forest which bird would you expect
to see up in the trees a blue jay or an ostrich?
Who is out on a Limb?
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Blue jays have adaptations that
Help them survive in trees.
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Who is out on Limb?
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Who is out on Limb?
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• An adaptation is a characteristic that helps a living thing survive.
• A physical adaptation is an adaptation to a body part.
• Like the fur of polar bears and the long arms of monkeys.
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What helps animals to live in their environments?
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• A behavioral adaptation is something an animal does to help it survive.
• For example, most desert animals are active at night to avoid the heat of the day.
• An instinct is an inherited behavior an animal knows how to do without having to learn it.
Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
Let’s see different environments and how are animals adapted?
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Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
Grassland: Prairie dogs
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• Grassland animals have adaptations for blending with the grass. These animals may be able to run fast or have shovel-like paws for burrowing.
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Grassland:
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• Vines can climb up trees To reach sunlight.
Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
Forests: sloth
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• This sloth’s long claws help it to hang from tree branches for most of its life.
• A sloth can even sleep without letting go of the branch.
Forests:
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Forests:
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Forests:
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• Forest animals can grip branches by curved feet and claws.
• Monkeys have long arms , legs and tails to swing between trees.
Who can go with the flow?
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• Imagine you live in a constantly flowing stream of water. How could you stay in the same part of the stream without being carried away?
Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
Flowing water stream: Elodea
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• Water plants have flexible stems that allow them to bend with the flow.
Flowing water stream:
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• Many fish have smooth bodies and strong tails that help them swim against the current.
Flowing water stream:
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• Many water insects are able to hold tightly to water plants. Others burrow into the soil at the bottom of the stream.
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Ponds:
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• Water lilies have tall strong stems ,and their leaves float on the surface.
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Ponds:
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• Catfish have long whiskers that sense chemicals and help them find food.
Ponds:
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Ponds:
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• Ducks have webbed feet to help them swim in ponds.
Ponds:
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Who can take the heat?
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• Deserts are places that get very little rain. Some deserts are very hot. How do plants and animals live in such hot, dry places?
• Desert plants and animals have physical adaptations that help them stay cool and conserve water.
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Desert:
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Many desert plants have very long roots to reach water that is deep underground , others have wide roots to take the rain water and waxy leaves to conserve the water .
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5-Desert:
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• Many desert animals have short, thin fur or no fur at all.
• Jackrabbits stay crouched in one position whenever they sense danger, which helps them hide from predators. (instinct)
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5-Desert:
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What are some behavioral adaptations in desert plants?
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Most desert animals are active at night to avoid the heat of the day.
What are some behavioral adaptations in desert plants?
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• Some seeds of desert plants stay dormant, or inactive, until it rains.
• When it rains enough, the seeds grow quickly into plants that flower and make more seeds.
• Cactus flowers open and release their fragrance at night and close during daytime. (WHY?)
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What are some behavioral adaptations in desert plants?
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Unit 3 Lesson 5 How Are Living Things Adapted to Their Environment?
What are some behavioral adaptations in desert plants?
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Who can take the cold?
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Polar environments are very cold places. How do plants and animals survive in cold places such as Antarctica and the Arctic?
Temperature in Antarctica rarely get above freezing even in summer.
Antarctica :
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• Arctic animals have thick fur and a layer of fat to keep in body heat.
• Some Arctic animals are often white in the winter, which helps them blend in with the snow.
6-Antarctica :
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• Emperor penguins have a thick layer of fat—a physical adaptation that keeps them warm on land and in the water.
• Male penguins huddle in large groups. This behavior is an instinct that helps penguins keep warm.
6-Antarctica :
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• Most Arctic plants have short roots, because the ground is frozen the majority of the year.
• Most Arctic plants grow close to the ground, which helps protect them from strong, cold Arctic winds.
6-Antarctica :
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Antarctica :
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6-Antarctica :
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