Adaptations Flashcards

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Snake

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No arms or appendages it has a flexible jaw, backwards teeth, has a forked tongue, and many colors

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Python

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On the ground so it has extended vertebrae for movement

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Brown creeper

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Thin bill, which is curved downward for probing under bark

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Skimmer

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Large bill, lower jaw longer than upper so it can scoop up fish

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Koala

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Who lives in trees, it’s bamboo, has a pouch (structural), and it doesn’t need water which is physical, large gap structural

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Taiga

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Warm summers, acidic soil, permafrost, plants have a waxy coat

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Camel

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Dry grasslands and deserts, to hold fat and water (structural and physical) efficient metabolism which is physical, and hair that keeps the sand out of body which is structural

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Heron

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Long and thick bill which is used as a spear to stab stuff like fish

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Grassland

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Hot Summers and cold winters, there is drought, plant roots are strong narrow land, wind

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Desert

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Hot and dry, lots of wind, bad soil. Plants store water and have small leaves long roots and have a waxy coat

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Hummingbird

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Long and thin bill which is use like a straw to get nectar from flowers

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Temperate rainforest

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Mild winters, cool summers, lots of rain, bad soil. Plants grow on other plants and there are tall trees because there is little sun

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Temperate deciduous forest

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Four very distinct seasons, lots of rain, plant layers, trees lose their leaves, thick bark

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Tundra

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Always cold, permafrost, no rain. Small plants with dark color and there are clumps of growth

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Water and stuff

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Plants grow in water and on top. Plants and water have flexible stems that absorb things through the leaves and how floating leaves and seeds so they can travel long-distances

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Curlew

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Long and slender big for probing the shoreline

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Brown creeper

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Thin bill which is curved downward for probing under bark

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Eagle

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Short and strong beak which is hooked for tearing up fish

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Woodpecker

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Chisel like beak which is used for drilling holes and trees to get bugs and stuff

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Alligator

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Lives near water. Eyes on top of head (structural) as a third eyelid which is also structural. I was close by reflix which is psychological

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Lions

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Live in the Savannah. Roar to communicate which is behavioral. Long claws which is structural. Lose belly skin to keep it from getting hurt from pray that kicks

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Kingsnake

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Lives on the ground. Immune to rattlesnake venom so they can eat it which is physiological . It has many colors which is structural

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The burrowing bullfrog

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Has a tubercle on the front which is structural. Can handle a lot of urea and lays dormant until breeding season which are both physiological

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Pelican

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Has a large bell with a stretchable pouch which is used to scoop up fish from underwater

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Sea Otter

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Mostly live in the sea. Can float on their backs which is structural, physiological and behavioral. Use tools to help do stuff which is behavioral. Has blubber in fur which a structural

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Cardinal

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Short and the cone shape beak which is good for cracking small seeds

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Duck

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Has a flat though which is good for catching fish and draining the water

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Spoonbill

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Flat and long beak like a shovel for sweeping in shallow water

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Hedgehog

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Lives in dry places and is ground dwelling. Has spikes which is structural. Roles in a ball when threatened which is behavioral

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Gibbon

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In the trees. Has a small body with long arms and a grip to hold fruit which is structural. THIS IS A MONKEY