Adaptations
I can describe the adaptations of some species that make them well suited to survive in their environment.
- Year 9
Adaptations
I can describe the adaptations of some species that make them well suited to survive in their environment.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Species have features which make them well suited to survive in their environment.
- These features are called adaptations.
- Examples of adaptations of particular species of animals and plants.
- How particular adaptations provide an advantage in the environment in which the species lives.
Keywords
Adaptation - An adaptation is a feature that organisms have to help them live in a particular place and survive.
Camouflage - Camouflage is a strategy that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually by blending in with their surroundings.
Photosynthesis - Producers make their own food using a series of chemical reactions called photosynthesis.
Common misconception
As students struggle to remember that plants are alive, they don't think of plants as being adapted to their surroundings.
This lesson gives many examples of the adaptations plants have which help them to thrive in their environments.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which is the best description of this polar environment?
Q2.Which is the best description of this desert environment?
Q3.True or false? A habitat is the place where an organism lives. It must provide food, shelter and a place to reproduce.
Q4.What of the following would not cause a habitat to change?
Q5.What is photosynthesis?
Q6.An is a feature that organisms have to help them live in a particular place.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the name given to the features that help organisms to live in a particular place?
Q2.Which one of these is not an adaptation of a shark?
Q3.What word describes organisms that blend in with their surrounding?
Q4.What adaptations might a mammal in the Arctic have?
Q5.Which of the following are adaptations that a cactus might have?
