AIM: (2) What are adaptations?

Define and give examples of adaptations

Define and give examples of environments

Adaptation

Environment

Biotic and Abiotic

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QuestionWhat does the term environment mean?

Answer?Everything that surrounds a living thing!

AIM: What are adaptations?

Environments LIVING THINGS

NON LIVING THINGS

Environments LIVING

THINGS other animals plants bugs insects bacteria

NON LIVING THINGS

air water sunlight rocks soil

What are some living things in this environment?

Catfish, weeping willow, raccoon, fish, frog, insects

What are some non-living things in this environment?

Sunlight, water, lake bottom, air, mountains, dead tree

Living things use non-living resources to thrive and prosper

Examine this log, for all the different animals which call this home, or supper !

The woodpecker gets food

The moss has a home, so does the fungus

The termite spends his life here !

The spider builds his nest here

The earth worm attempts to return the nutrients back to the soil My favorite, the snake, may live beneath it!

Question What does the term adaptation mean?

Answer?Trait of a living thing that helps it live in its environment

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Question

What does the term trait mean?

Answer?

A characteristic of something

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Remember:

... The ability to adapt is a fundamental property of life and determines whether an organism survives or become extinct

On the next 13 slides

Describe various traits of the organisms and what adaptations they have made to survive in their environment.

AIM: What are adaptations?

Notice the adaptations listed by each picture.

How to they help the animal get food?

Notice the adaptations listed by each picture.

How to they help the animal get food?

Notice the adaptations listed by each picture.

How to they help the animal get food?

How have they adapted totheir environment.?

How have they adapted totheir environment.?

How have they adapted totheir environment.?

How have they adapted totheir environment.?

How have they adapted totheir environment.?

How have they adapted totheir environment.?

How have they adapted totheir environment.?

Human Adaptations Place your pencil on your desk. Now, pick it up with one hand. Was that difficult? Describe how you picked it up in your NB Now place your pencil on your desk. Without using any part of your thumb pick it up. Get it in the writing position. Now, describe in your NB if this was easier or more difficult. What other activities does having a thumb – make them more easier to

accomplish? Can you button a shirt w/o your thumb. What would our civilization be like without this adaptation?

Question

We looked at how living things adapt to their environment.

But what separates MAN from other living things is our ability to adapt our environment TO us.

All organisms adapt to their environmentAn adaptation helps an organism survive in its environment.People often adapt their environment to meet their needs as opposed to adapting to their environment.

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Class Activity:

Worksheets: 2-2, Adaptation Worksheets

Project: Poster of an animal and its adaptations!

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Homework:

INTERNET QUESTIONS

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