Adaptations

For animals, including people, adaptation is often a matter of life or death! If they can't adapt to their surroundings, they will not survive. For animals, adaptation means having certain body parts or behaviors that allow them to survive and thrive in their environments.

Check out these internet sites, read carefully, and see if you can find what special adaptations these animals have. Often asking yourself "where does this animal live?" and "what does it eat?" can lead you to an adaptation.

or visit Nature Works for more info.

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SNZ

1. Camels have many adaptations that allow them to live successfully in desert conditions. How many can you find?

2. Try this Lincoln Park Zoo site for more info.

1.Beavers have many adaptations that help them in their underwater work? How many can you find?

2. Try these other sites for more info - Beaver or Oregon Zoo Beavers.

SB, "beaver"

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or visit Who Zoo for more info.

"burmese python"

WZ, HZ

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pg 5 - sp-king02, cakingegg2

pg8 - sfl king

pg 10 - eking

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Or visit Nature Works for more info.

SNZ

CC SB "cheetah"

P4L, SNZ

or visit Who Zoo for more info.

CC SB "gila"

WZ, P4L

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1. Hippos have many adaptations for their time spent in the water? How many can you find?

2. Try this BBC site or this Honolulu Zoo site or this WhoZoo site or this Needham HS site for even more info.

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CC Animals/Hippos

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ungulates

"river hippopotamus"

1. Vultures are specially adapted for their jobs as scavengers. How many can you find?

2. Try this Honolulu Zoo site or this WhoZoo site for even more info.

WZ

HZ

SNZ

1. Koalas have adapted to their food and to spending a lot of time in trees. How many adaptations can you find?

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marsupials

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SNZ

1. Try this Wild Ones site for more info.

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1. Mountain Goats are they adapted for living at the tops of high, cold mountains. How many adaptations can you find?

Try this site for more info.

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BFP

Try this site for more info.

1. The Pacific Walrus is well adapted for living in the cold Arctic. How many adaptations can you find?

under marine life

walruses

1. Try this Artic Studies site, This National Geographic site, or this Nature Works site for more info.

under bears- polar bears

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SB"polar"

1. The porcupine has a unique adaptation that you can't miss. What is it? Can you find more?

2. Try this site for more info.

1. Try this Zoo site or this BBC site or this Enchanted Learning site for more info.

WIK

SB "red panda"

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1. Sea otters spend almost their entire lives in water. They eat, sleep, and even have their babies in water. What special adaptations do they have that help them do this?

marine life

P4L

1. Try this WhoZoo site for even more info.

WZ under amphibians

1. Try this site for even more info.

BFP

SPFD

1. Try this Oakland Zoo site for more info.

P4L - SB "monitor"

Thanks to LINDA MOSBACKER and

the Utah Education Network for the original activity.

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750

Changes have been made to the original to adapt it for our 4th graders.