Plant and Animal Adaptation | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

a bulb is a type of root that stores large amounts of food and water

Why would a plant with a bulb, like the Galanthus, be better suited to survive a drought than a plant without a bulb?

gills extract oxygen from water

What reason best explains why sharks do not have to leave the water for air?

selective breeding

The practice of mating animals that have certain traits so that those traits are passed on to their offspring.

curved claws

animal adaptation - for climbing and grasping

gills and fins

animal adaptation - Gills for breathing under water and fins to help with swimming

pointy beaks

animal adaptation - for spearing fish

curved beak

animal adaptation - for digging or prying

wings

animal adaptation - to fly and escape predators or catch prey

thorns or spines

plant adaptation - keep predators from eating the plant

seeds

plant adaptation - spreads by sticking to animal fur or people's clothes, blowing in the breeze, or floating

what is survival of the fittest

organisms that survive are the best adapted organisms

natural selection

living things have adaptations that help them survive in their environment, they pass down traits to increase future survival to future generations

give examples of inherited instinct behaviors

hibernationmigration

what is a structural adaptation?

an organism gradually develops physical or structural characteristics that help it survive

what is an inherited behavior?

an instinct that is an action or thing an organism does to increase survival (examples hibernation, playing dead, migration)

what is a behavioral adaptation

a change in behavior to survive. the way an organism acts

adaptations can be _________ or _________

structural or behavioral

Reproduce

To make more of a species; to have offspring.

Migration

The movement of animals to reach better conditions of temperature, food, and shelter.

Extinct

Describes a species of plant or animal that once lived on Earth but which no longer exists.

Structural Adaptation

Some type of structural or physical modification made to a part of the body.

Behavioral Adaptation

Something an animal does - or acts - in response to some type of external stimulus.

Population

All the organisms of one kind in an ecosystem.

Ecosystem

Includes all the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.

Organism

Any living thing.

Survival

Using adaptations to continue to live.

Prey

An animal that is taken and eaten by another animal (predator) for food.

Predator

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food.

Learned behavior

A behavior an animal acquires through experience (has to be taught or learned).

Instinct

A behavior an animal is born with (inherits) and does not have to learn.

Habitat

The place where an animal lives. The physical characteristics of an animal's surroundings where it can find everything it needs to survive.

Environment

Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing. The environment includes non-living things, such as water, air, soil, weather, landforms and oth...

Hibernation

Escaping the harsh winter by hiding in a safe and warm place and then sleeping until it is warm again.

Mimicry

An adaptation in which an otherwise harmless plant or animal looks like a harmful plant or animal in order to protect itself.

Camouflage

A color or shape in a plant or animal's body covering that helps it blend into its environment.

Adaptation

A gradual change in a body part, body covering, or behavior that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment.