Adaptation

• Science
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Adaptation

What characteristics make this leopard a successful hunter? 

What characteristics help this leopard to successfully catch prey?

What makes deserts difficult to live in?

What makes deserts difficult habitats to live in?

What adaptations did you spot?

What adaptations does a cactus have?

What adaptations does a cactus have to help it survive?

Give one adaptation of an elephant and explain how it helps the animal survive.

Give one adaptation of a zebra and explain how it helps the animal survive.

Give one adaptation of a dolphin and explain how it helps the animal survive.

Give one adaptation of a mole and explain how it helps the animal survive.

Suggest why each adaptation helps the organism to survive:
1. Covered in thorns
2. Good eyesight
3. Very fast
4. Thick fur

Organism

Change

Reason for change

What is an adaptation?

What sort of habitat does this hare live in? How do you know?

Pick an animal that interests you and create a slide describing its adaptations. (The weirder, the better!)