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Animal and Plant Adaptations Explained

This document discusses adaptations that help various animals and plants survive in their environments. It provides examples of physical adaptations for dolphins, crabs, sparrow hawks, sharks, penguins, chameleons, polar bears, camels, and moles that help with hunting, protection from predators, insulation, movement, and sensing their surroundings. The adaptations include streamlined bodies, shells, claws, eyesight, color changing abilities, fat layers, fur, feet, senses, and physical features suited to environments like water, deserts, ice, and underground.

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Animal and Plant Adaptations Explained

This document discusses adaptations that help various animals and plants survive in their environments. It provides examples of physical adaptations for dolphins, crabs, sparrow hawks, sharks, penguins, chameleons, polar bears, camels, and moles that help with hunting, protection from predators, insulation, movement, and sensing their surroundings. The adaptations include streamlined bodies, shells, claws, eyesight, color changing abilities, fat layers, fur, feet, senses, and physical features suited to environments like water, deserts, ice, and underground.

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Adaptations

How do animals and plants


adapt to survive in their
surroundings?

By
Tabassum
Khan
Adaptations: The Dolphin
• Streamlined to move fast, to
catch food and to escape
from predators

• Excellent hearing to protect


itself from predators

• Very intelligent mammal

• Swims with other dolphins


for company and protection
Adaptations: The Crab
• A hard shell to protect it
from sharp rocks and
predators.

• Powerful pincers for


gripping their prey.

• Its legs can move it fast…


to escape predators.
Adaptations: The Sparrow Hawk
• Excellent eyesight for
hunting.

• Powerful beak and claws


for catching prey.

• Streamline body to reduce


drag and allow it to move
fast!
Adaptations: The Eagle

• An eagle can see food from a great height!


• It then moves swiftly down behind the prey
• The prey must be quick to escape!
Adaptations: The Shark
• A streamlined shape
reduces drag and allows it
to move fast through
water.

• Fins allow it to change


direction easily

• Powerful jaws and teeth


for catching and eating
food.
By Chantelle Connell
Adaptations: The Penguin
• Webbed feet for powerful
swimming

• Streamlined shape to
reduce drag in water

• Thick skin and lots of fat


to keep it warm in cold
weather.

• Likes to huddle with


friends to keep warm
By Natalie Pande
Adaptations: The Chameleon
• It can change colour to
blend in with its
surroundings: so its
predators and prey cannot
see it!

• Extra long tongue to catch


prey.

• Eyes can rotate all around


to look out for prey and
predators.
By Stephen Riding
Adaptations: The Polar Bear
• Thick layer of fat for
insulation and food
storage.
• Thick waterproof fur for
insulation
• Large feet to reduce the
pressure on the ice and
snow
• White colour for
camouflage

By Lee Cleworth
Adaptations: The Camel
• Loses very little water
through sweating, or
through its urine.

• Sandy brown coat to


camouflage it in the desert

• Almost no fat under the


skin. This allows it to keep
cool in the hot climate
Adaptations: The Mole

• Large front paws for digging

• Powerful sense of smell

• Can detect very small vibrations

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