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Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
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Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Florida Benchmark
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• SC.5.L.17.1 Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by animals and plants that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycles variations, animal behaviors and physical characteristics.
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Unit 10 Lesson 1 Day 1 Questions(You may use your book)
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1. Define the following words:1. Habitat2. Adaptation3. Instinct
2. Which animals live in a desert habitat?3. What type of habitat do polar bears live in?4. Which animals live in a watery habitat?5. Why don’t animals have the same adaptations?
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
A Place to Call Home
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• The place where a living thing lives is called its habitat.
• All of the needs of a living thing must be met within its habitat.
• Mountain, jungle, polar, ocean, desert, and grassland are types of habitats.
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Adaptations
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• A characteristic that helps a living thing survive is called an adaptation.
• Animals that survive better because of a new characteristic are more likely to reproduce and pass that characteristic on to their young.
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Adaptations
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• Describe some of the adaptations of the animals shown below.
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Physical Fitness
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• Physical adaptations are differences in the bodies of plants and animals.
• Some adaptations protect living things from being eaten.
• Camouflage is a physical adaptation that helps keep an animal hidden.
Catching Flies• Bright coloring on an animal can be a warning to
another animal that it is dangerous.
• Mimicry is a physical adaptation that makes some animals resemble each other.
• Animals that hunt have physical adaptations that help them catch food.
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Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Catching Flies• Plants have adaptations that help spread their
seeds.
• Some seeds are carried by the wind.
• Other seeds are inside berries. Once eaten, the seeds are carried to a new location.
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Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
On Your Best Behavior
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• The way living things act is called behavior.
• Behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught are called instincts.
• Migration occurs when animals move to different locations at certain times of the year.
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
On Your Best Behavior
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• Hibernation is a long period of inactivity that is like sleeping.
• The way that animals act toward other animals of the same type is called social behavior.
• Social behavior can include forms of communication.
Unit 10 Lesson 1 What Is Adaptation?
The Circle of Life
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• Living things go through stages of growth and development called life cycles.
• Life cycles are a type of adaptation.
• Some animals can adjust their life cycle to changes in their habitat.