Tree clearing in Australia
Organism Adaptations
Why do organisms need to adapt to their environment?
How have the organisms in the Australian bush adapted over time to suit their environment?
Start your investigations here by exploring this site, How animals have adapted to their environment.
Here is an article from the Brisbane Times about the lung fish that is a great example and is relevant to our area.
On this web site, Animal Bytes by Sea World, you can investigate particular animals and their adaptations in all animal classifications.
As you discover adaptaions that the animals have made, decide whether these adaptations are structural, behavioural or functional adaptations.
Structural adaptations are physical changes to an animals body form and may include things such as a long skinny snout to insert into ants nests, or the rough tongue of a cat. An animals colouring is a structural adaptation that may help with camouflage.
Behavioural adaptations are changes in an animals behaviour that have helped the animal adapted to its environment such as, when a camel drinks it can drink up to 30 gallons of water as the camel may go for months before having another drink. Some animals play dead to protect themselves, this is a behavioural adaptation.
Functional adaptations include things like hibernation, specialised digestive systems for eating things like gum leaves and, night vision which allows animals to forage for food at night.
Try your hand at this quick quiz to test your understanding of animal adaptations.
How have the organisms in the Australian bush adapted over time to suit their environment?
Start your investigations here by exploring this site, How animals have adapted to their environment.
Here is an article from the Brisbane Times about the lung fish that is a great example and is relevant to our area.
On this web site, Animal Bytes by Sea World, you can investigate particular animals and their adaptations in all animal classifications.
As you discover adaptaions that the animals have made, decide whether these adaptations are structural, behavioural or functional adaptations.
Structural adaptations are physical changes to an animals body form and may include things such as a long skinny snout to insert into ants nests, or the rough tongue of a cat. An animals colouring is a structural adaptation that may help with camouflage.
Behavioural adaptations are changes in an animals behaviour that have helped the animal adapted to its environment such as, when a camel drinks it can drink up to 30 gallons of water as the camel may go for months before having another drink. Some animals play dead to protect themselves, this is a behavioural adaptation.
Functional adaptations include things like hibernation, specialised digestive systems for eating things like gum leaves and, night vision which allows animals to forage for food at night.
Try your hand at this quick quiz to test your understanding of animal adaptations.
