Arabian Penninsula

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Arabian Penninsula

• Matching the adaptations

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First lets match words with their definitions

• Adaptations a person who moves
  from place to place often
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  in
  search of water and vegetation.
• Caravans to buy and sell by
  trading gods or services
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  rather
  than money.
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• Nomad permanently settled
  in one place.
• Sedentary to bring water to
  a dry place in order to grow
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  crops.
• Barter a group of people
  traveling together for mutual
  
  
• Irrigate a change in
  structure, function, or behavior by which a
  species or individual improves its chance of
  survival in a specific environment.

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Desert Adaptations Which of the
following is adaptation
belongs in the desert.
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Oases adaptations
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Yes, you got it! A well. Now why are they able
to dig wells and get water in an oasis?
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Nope, sorry not a boat
Now that we know the boat does not Belong which
environment would be better suited? ____________
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No, this does not belong in the desert.
Please write down which of the following
environments this may belong to, and why. (Oases,
Mountain, Coastal) ______________________________
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You got it nice work!
Now write below why you choose this as an
adaptation for the desert. ______________________
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Sorry a ship is too big for the oasis but it
would go great here.
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A terrace would not work in an oasis but it would
go great here. Explain what a terrace is.
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Coastal Plain Adaptation
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He is cute, but he does not belong on the coast.
Where does he belong, and why?
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You got it! This is an irrigation system. Write
the definition of irrigation.
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Home sweet home, if you lived in this
environment. Why do their houses look like this?
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Mountain Adaptation
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No, why do you think a well would not work in
the mountains?
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Yes, nice work! What is the function of a terrace?
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Which environment would you like to live in, and
why?

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I know he is sooo cute but he does not belong in
the mountains. Give the definition of a caravan
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I know hes cute but he does not belong on the
coast.
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I know he is sooo cute but he does not belong in
the mountains. Give the definition of a caravan
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