Adaptations

To ADAPT means to CHANGE. Over millions of years each animal on earth has adapted to where they live, what they eat or how they reproduce (have babies) in order to survive. An ADAPTATION  is what we call a certain characteristic of an animal that helps them survive.

For example, a giraffe's long neck helps him reach leaves high up in trees or a duck's webbed feet helps him swim fast. These are adaptatations that the giraffe and duck have.



Plants have also adapted to their enviroment. Most plant adaptations keep them from being eaten by animals, like thorns on a cactus. Some have adaptations that help them store water, like a cactus. Others help them reproduce, like "helicopter seeds" that float in the wind on certain trees.

 

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Click here to explore animal footprints

Click here to read about birds and their adaptations

Click here to see an owl flying (in slow motion) and check out his adaptations

Click here to explore adaptationos by putting together fossils

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Click here to explore several animals' adaptations in Alaska

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Click here to explore many different animals and their special adaptations My favorite is the Fennec fox! They have HUGE ears that help keep them cool since they live in the dessert!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Click here to read about a special plant and insect relationship in the prarie (interdependency - helping each other)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Click here to read about the adaptations of plants in the rainforest

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Click here to read adout the adaptations of plants in the dessert