Animal Adaptations

• Traits that affect the physical characteristics such as internal structures ,body shapes or external coloration that help it to survive in its environment.

  Structural
• Traits that affect the internal responses (processes) to external stimuli (the environment)in order to help an organism

  Physiological
• Traits that affect the way an organism acts or behaviors that  help the organism and their species survive. (These can be instinctual or learned)

  Behavorial
• Structural

  • Fur and/or blubber (fat) for insulation
• structural

  Swim Bladder: gas-filled sac that they can inflate and deflate to help them change or maintain their swimming depth
• Structural

  • Dorsal fin helps stabilize fish.
• Structural

  Body shape
• Structural

  Mimicry: Looks like a dangerous organism to avoid predators
• Structural

  Camouflage: Blending into surroundings
• Structural

  Hollow bones to lighten weigh,easy for flight
• Behavioral

  • Birds migrate for better temperature, food or shelter.
• Behavioral

  • Bats and owls are nocturnal (active at night)
• 1. Behavioral

  • Zebras are found in herds (live in groups)
• Behavioral

  • Rabbits and gophers burrow (live underground)
• Physiological

  • Shivering when cold to create warmth.
• Physiological

  Slowing down metabolic, heart, and breathing rates during hibernation
• Physiological

  • Releasing adrenaline when in a predator/prey relationship.