Adaptation
A trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce.
Trait
Distinguishing quality or characteristic that you are born with.
Reasons for adaptations
To suit their habitat
For protection
For attack
For feeding
For movement
Physical Adaptation
Structural modification of body that helps the animal survive.
Behavioral Adaptation
Behaviors that help the animal survive.
Hibernation
Animals go into a sleep state to survive the cold winter.
Migration
Migration is travelling from one place to another when the seasons change.
Behavioral Adaptation Examples
How animals move
What they eat
How they protect themselves
Migration
Camouflage
Variations
Organisms in a species differ from one another in many traits.
Natural Selection
The process that explains a species' survival and how a species can change over time
Habitat
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
Mimicry
When one living thing resembles a different kind of living thing.