Life Science-Animals Part 2 of 2 Abney Elementary Mrs

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Life Science-AnimalsPart 2 of 2

• Abney Elementary
• Mrs. Delaup

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1. What is an adaptation?

• An adaptation is a body part or behavior that
  helps an animal meet its needs in its
  environment.

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2.What are four examples of body part adaptations
to meet basic needs?

• Four examples of body part adaptations to meet
  basic needs are beaks, body coverings,
  camouflage, and mimicry.

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3.Describe three types of beaks.

• Beaks can be
• thick and heavy to crack open seeds,
• short and stubby to eat fruit
• or sharp and pointed to eat insects.

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4. Name three kinds of body coverings.

• There are three different kinds of body
  coverings feathers, fur or hair, and scales.

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5. What is the job of each body covering?

• Feathers protect birds and help them fly.
• Fur or Hair keeps an animal warm.
• Scales help protect fish from other animals that
  live in water and reptiles from drying out.

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6. What is special about a polar bear having
clear hair?

• A polar bear having clear hair that allows the
  light to pass through is an example of how
  animals have special adaptations to meet the
  needs in their environment.

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7. What is camouflage?

• Camouflage is an animals color or pattern that
  helps it blend in with its surroundings.

Example The dark skin on an alligators back
makes it blend into the swamps where it lives.
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8. What is mimicry?

• Mimicry is an adaptation in which an animal looks
  very much like another animal.

Example The viceroy butterfly is a mimic
because it looks like a bad-tasting monarch
butterfly.
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9. What is an instinct?

• An instinct is a behavior that an animal BEGINS
  life with. This is NOT a LEARNED behavior.

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10. What is migration?

• One example of an instinct is Migration.
  Migration is the movement of a group of one type
  of animal from on region to another back again.

Example Some Canadian birds travel south during
winter months to find food and a good climate and
return to Canada in the spring when the weather
warms up.
Example Some animals have an instinct to
migrate to places where their young cans survive.
Gray whales spend the summer in areas where they
can find food easily-near the North Pole.
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11. What is hibernation?

• Not all animals have the instinct to migrate as
  winter brings colder temperatures and a lack of
  food.
• Some animals adapt to these changes by
  hibernating. Hibernation is a period when an
  animal goes into a long, deep sleep.

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12. What does an animal do to prepare for
hibernation?

• An animal prepares to hibernate by eating extra
  food and finding shelter.

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13. How is hibernation possible?

• Animals need little to no food because during
  hibernation the animals body temperature drops
  and its breathing rate and heart rate falls.
• Examples of animals that hibernate bears and
  ground squirrels

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14. What is a learned behavior?

• Learned behaviors are not instincts. It is a
  behavior that developed by watching or hearing
  other animals.

Example Tiger cubs learn to hunting skills by
watching its mother hunt and by playing with
other tiger cubs.
Example Chimpanzees learn many behaviors that
help them survive. Chimps uses sounds that help
them communicate with one another.
Warning/danger sounds as well as happy sounds
help them survive.
Example Teaching a dog how to sit before
getting a treat is also a learned behavior.