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Organisms have specific traits that provide advantages for survival in their environment. Observe specific examples from Long Island Sound and discover how habitat affects traits such as feeding, movement, and defense.

Topics• Introduction to animal adaptations• Camouflage• Aquatic Movement • Animal senses• Food chain

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Introduction to Animal Adaptations

In this video you will learn all about adaptations. This video will be a kickoff to learning animal adaptations all week long.

https://youtu.be/QPPhnRSbFoc

Introduction to Animal Adaptations

Introduction to Animal AdaptationsVocabulary Words

Adaptation: a characteristic of a living thing that helps it survive in its environment.

Behavioral Adaptation: animal changes its action to survive

Camouflage: when animals use colors, textures, and markings to blend in with their environment

Migration: this seasonal movement from one place to another by an animal

Physical Adaptation: a part of an animals body that helps it survive

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Test Your Knowledge – Animal Adaptations Quiz

Pictured are 2 different colored moths, the one below has adapted to camouflage with tree bark. What kind of adaptation is it?

A. PhysicalB. Behavioral

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Test Your Knowledge ‐ Animal Adaptations Quiz

The polar bear has adapted to have small ears to maintain their body heat. What kind of adaptation is this?




The chocolate‐fingered mud crab is one of Long Island Sound’s native species, when attacked by a predator they play dead. What kind of adaptation is this?




Our thumbs have allowed us to do unique things other animals cannot like opening doors, writing, and using utensils. What kind of adaptation is this?




Whales migrate to warmer climates when temperatures drop in colder ones. What kind of adaptation is this?




The mantis shrimp has extremely complex eyes that can see far beyond what the human eye can, what kind of adaptation is this?



Learn More ‐ Animal Adaptations

Books to Read:What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? By Steve JenkinsFish Everywhere by Britta TeckentrupTooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs, Tusks, and Chompers by Sara Levine

Videos to Watch:Bill Nye: The № 1 Greatest Discovery in Science so far || Darwin's Natural Selectionhttps://youtu.be/uRM8AFR6lOY

Nat Geo Wild: Mantis Shrimp Packs a Punch | Predator in Paradisehttps://youtu.be/E0Li1k5hGBE

Lesson 2: Camouflage

In this video you will learn all about camouflage and why it is an important defensive adaptation.

https://youtu.be/znZrNBqwoFk

Camouflage ‐ Vocabulary Words

Camouflage: When animals use colors, textures, and markings to blend in with their environment.

Concealing coloration: The type of camouflage used when an animal matches a color in its habitat so it can hide itself from the other animals around it.

Disguise coloration: The type of camouflage used when an animal has similar shapes and textures to objects in their habitat.

Disruptive coloration: The type of camouflage animals use that disrupts, or breaks apart, the outline of an animal's body and makes it look like something else

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Test Your Knowledge ‐ Camouflage Quiz

Choose the animal that is using camouflage to hide from us in this photo.

A. Weedy ScorpionfishB. Oyster ToadfishC. PipefishD. FlounderE. OctopusF. Spider Crab

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Learn More ‐ Camouflage

Videos to Watch:Nat Geo Wild: Camouflage Queen | Wonderfully Weirdhttps://youtu.be/IrdbENkylZM

Camouflage on the Coral Reefhttps://youtu.be/93yukoRFuQI

Lesson 3: Aquatic MovementWatch this video and learn more about aquatic movement.

https://youtu.be/4avvyoEfphs

Aquatic Movement ‐ Vocabulary WordsUnivalve: having one valve or shell (ex. snail)

Bivalve: having two valves or shells (ex. mussel)

Swimmerets: pair of legs found on crustaceans that aid in movement

Crustacean: animals that usually have a hard covering, or exoskeleton, and two pairs of antennas, or feelers

Tide Pool: is a small amount of water left in low places on the shore even at low tide

Exoskeleton: hard covering that supports and protects the bodies of some animals

Muscular Foot: flat structure found in mollusks (univalves, bivalves) that helps them to move around

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Test Your Knowledge ‐ Aquatic Movement Quiz

Why is movement of animals an important adaptation?

A. To get exerciseB. To find food, mates, and escape predatorsC. To escape predators onlyD. It is not an adaptation

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What is a univalve?

A. An animal with no shellB. A one shelled animal ex. SnailC. A two shelled animal ex. MusselD. None of the above



What animal moves sideways?

A. CrabsB. TurtlesC. FlounderD. Mussel



True or False: Mussels have the ability to move around.

A. TrueB. False



What kind of feet does a diamondback Terrapin have?

A. FlippersB. Large FeetC. Webbed FeetD. Talons


Learn More ‐ Aquatic Movement

Fun Facts about Intriguing Invertebrateshttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/outreach‐and‐education/fun‐facts‐about‐intriguing‐invertebrates

Clams vs. the Worldhttps://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144‐0a29‐d3cb‐a96c‐7b2d693c0000


Lesson 4: Animal SensesIn this video you will be learning all about the

different senses animals use in Long Island Sound.

https://youtu.be/NrQGIg6K4jo

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