Animal Adaptations

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1st learn about habitats

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Water

Dry area ,Sandy

Cold areas, Poles

On trees

Forest, on land

Aquatic

Desert

Terrestrial

Polar

Arboreal

Habitat :

The natural home or environment of an animal or a plant.

What is a Habitat?

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Now learn about adaptaions

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Meaning

Adaptations are body features and habits that enable a living thing to live comfortably in its natural surroundings (habitat)

Examples of the basic adaptations that help creatures survive:

shape of a bird's beak,

the number of fingers,

colour of the fur,

the thickness or thinness of the fur,

the shape of the nose or ears

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Camel –Lives in Desert

Two Eyelashes

Hump

For storing food

Padded Feet

Stop Sinking into the sand

And protect from ground-heat

To stop the sand

entering the eyes

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Monkey

Long arms and legs

to help them swing

A tail

Helps them to swing and

balance their bodies. It also

helps them to pick food

Sound

They make different

sounds to locate and

greet each other

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Fish

Oxygen is absorbed

Carbon dioxide comes out

Have special gills to take oxygen from water for respiration

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Elephants

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Polar Bear