PLANT AND ANIMAL

ADAPTATIONS

PLANTS: CONE SHAPED TREES ARE ABLE TO SHED SNOW

PLANTS: CONE SHAPED TREES ARE ABLE TO SHED SNOW

ANIMALS: SOME FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER OR CHANGE THE COLOR OF THIR FUR

ANIMALS: SOME FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER OR CHANGE THE COLOR OF THIR FUR

COLD WEATHER OR SNOW

PLANTS: NEEDLE-LIKE LEAVES PREVENT WATER LOSSPLANTS: NEEDLE-LIKE LEAVES PREVENT WATER LOSS

ANIMALS: REPTILES’ SCALY SKIN PREVENTS WATER LOSSANIMALS: REPTILES’ SCALY SKIN PREVENTS WATER LOSS

PREVENTING WATER LOSS

PLANTS: SUCCULENT LEAVES AND CACTI STORE WATERPLANTS: SUCCULENT LEAVES AND CACTI STORE WATER

ANIMALS: ANIMALS IN THE SAVANNA MUST MIGRATE TO WATER UNTIL THE RAINS COME

ANIMALS: ANIMALS IN THE SAVANNA MUST MIGRATE TO WATER UNTIL THE RAINS COME

AVAILABILITY OF WATER IS SCARCE

PLANTS: PLANTS STORE FOOD AS STARCH IN ROOTS, TUBERS AND BULBS

PLANTS: PLANTS STORE FOOD AS STARCH IN ROOTS, TUBERS AND BULBS

ANIMALS: MANY ANIMALS GET FAT BEFORE WINTER OR HIBERNATION

ANIMALS: MANY ANIMALS GET FAT BEFORE WINTER OR HIBERNATION

AVAILABILITY OF FOOD IS SCARCE

PLANTS: PLANTS GROW TOWARD LIGHT OR HAVE BROAD LEAVES

FOR TRAPPING SUNLIGHT

PLANTS: PLANTS GROW TOWARD LIGHT OR HAVE BROAD LEAVES

FOR TRAPPING SUNLIGHTANIMALSANIMALS

AVAILABILITY OF LIGHT IS SCARCE

PLANTS: DECIDUOUS TREES DROP THEIR LEAVES IN THE FALL

PLANTS: DECIDUOUS TREES DROP THEIR LEAVES IN THE FALL

ANIMALS: MANY DESERT ANIMALS BURROW UNDER GROUND DURING THE DAY

ANIMALS: MANY DESERT ANIMALS BURROW UNDER GROUND DURING THE DAY

NEED TO CONSERVE ENERGY

PLANTS: PROTECTIOIN MAY BE IN THE FORM OF SPINES, THORNS OR CHEMICALS

PLANTS: PROTECTIOIN MAY BE IN THE FORM OF SPINES, THORNS OR CHEMICALS

ANIMALS: THERE IS “SAFETY IN NUMBERS” FOR MANY ANIMALSANIMALS: THERE IS “SAFETY IN NUMBERS” FOR MANY ANIMALS

PREDATORS

PLANTS:PLANTS:ANIMALS: BIG EARS AND PANTING CAN HELP GET RID OF EXCESS HEAT

ANIMALS: BIG EARS AND PANTING CAN HELP GET RID OF EXCESS HEAT

OVER HEATING

THIS REALLY ISN’T AN ISSUE FOR PLANTS AS LONG AS THERE IS ENOUGH WATER AVAILABLE FOR THEM