Animal Adaptations At V'U'E'S'

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Animal Adaptations At V.U.E.S.

• Created By K.D. I.P.

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Focusing Question

• Which species are or are not well adapted to the
  habitat of the pond in the V.U.E.S. outdoor
  classroom?

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Dragonflies

• Dragonflies are well adapted to the pond because
  they are used to the water and they were born in
  the water.
• Also, adult dragonflies mostly stay near water
  but only once in a while they leave the pond
  while hunting or migrating.
• When a dragonfly is born it lives in the water
  while metamorphosis is occurring and they stay in
  the water until they are ready to become a
  dragonfly.

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Frogs

• Frogs are well adapted to the habitat of the pond
  because frogs like fresh water that doesn't have
  a lot of movement and is sort of mellow.
• Also, they are well adapted to the pond because
  their skin is made to breath underwater and not
  underwater.
• They lay their eggs in the water and some frogs
  can be on land and in water so they are adapted
  to two habitats.

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Mosquitoes

• Mosquitoes need still fresh water or slightly
  salty water for their larvae to grow.
• Mosquitoes also like humid habitats to live in.
• So mosquitoes are well adapted to the pond in the
  reasons we wrote above.

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Snapping Turtles

• Snapping turtles live in only fresh water or
  brackish water, but they prefer water with muddy
  bottoms and lots of vegetation, so they can hide
  more easily.
• So what we have written may not suit the habitat
  of the pond or it might.

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Sidewinders

• Sidewinders would not like the habitat of the
  pond because they like arid desert flatlands,
  loose, sandy washes, hard pan flats and rocky
  areas, below 5,000 feet.

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Conclusion

• So animals that would like or survive in the
  pond would be, dragonflies, frogs, mosquitoes,
  and snapping turtles.
• Animals that would not like or survive are only
  sidewinders.
• So as you can see not all animals are well
  adapted to the pond, but some animals are very
  well adapted and they can survive.

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Resources

• http//www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Anisoptera/
• http//www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Culicidae/
• http//www.desertusa.com/mag98/april/papr/du_sidew
  ind.html
• http//www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Chelydra_ser
  pentina/