Quarter 2

Body Structures That

Help Animals Adapt
and Survive in their
Particular Habitat
Body Parts of
Animals That
Live in Water
Adaptation refers to a structure or
behavior that helps an organism survive
in an environment. Aquatic animals like
fishes have adaptations in their body
structures that help them adapt and
survive to a water environment.
• Structures and adaptations of
fishes:
1. Body covered with scales for
protection from disease and
from other animals that live in
water.
2. Scales are smooth and
slimy, arranged overlapping
from head to tail so as the
water slips smoothly as it
moves forward.
3.Have gills for
breathing oxygen
underwater and fins for
swimming.
4.Stream-lined body
that reduces water
resistance while
swimming.
5. Fins for propelling
and steering their body
through water
• Shrimps and lobsters are
covered with outside skeleton or
exoskeleton while other animals
like clams and mussels are
covered with shells.
Body Parts of
Animals That
Live on Land
Terrestrial animals are organisms that
live mainly on land. These animals
have body structures that help them
adapt to living on land. Some animals
in combination of aquatic and
terrestrial environments.
Terrestrial animals have body
structures that help them adapt
to live on land.
• Body coverings:
1. Fur to keep them warm.
2. Feathers for flying.
• Land or terrestrial animals
have lungs for breathing.
• Some animals, like worms,
have smooth skin for
breathing.
Animals have body
parts for moving like
legs for walking and
wings for flying.
 
Amphibians: toads, frogs,
salamanders
1.cold-blooded animals
2.spend half of their life on land
and half in water
3.bodies covered with soft skin
4.breath through their skin
 Reptiles: snake, lizards, crocodile
1.cold-blooded animals
2.live on land
3.bodies are covered with scales
4.regularly shed the outer layer of
their skin to growth
5.breath through their lungs
Body Parts of
Animals for Food
Getting/ Eating
Animals differ in many ways. It may be
on how they look, on their size, in their
habitat or the manner by which they
take in their food.
 

The different manner of food getting

for animals is largely dependent on the
body structures involved in getting or
eating their food.
In getting and eating food,
some animals use their
paws, claws, beaks, and
teeth.
Dogs, cats and bears use
their paws and claws to
hold their food.
Birds use claws to hold
their food and bill/beaks to
eat their food.
Others use their sticky
tongue, movable jaws, and
sucking tubes.
 Animals having the same mouth parts
eat the same kind of food.
Examples:
1.animals with flat teeth eat grass or
plants
2.animals with sharp-pointed teeth eat
meat
3.there are also animals with both
kinds of teeth.
Body Parts of
Animals for
Protection
Animal have protective structures to
protect themselves from their
enemies. Specialized protective body
structures include sharp pointed teeth,
paws, stings, pincers, legs and horns.
They also adapt itself to its
environment for protection by
camouflaging
 Animals protect themselves
from their enemies and
predators in many ways.
Camouflage is a protective
coloration where the animals
adapt to the color of their
environment.
Mimicry is where
animals imitate the
shapes, smell, tastes,
color or even the
sounds of other
animals.
Most insects secrete
chemicals that they
use to protect
themselves like wasps
and snakes.
Squids let out a black
ink which darkens the
water around them
making it difficult for
predators to see them.
Other animals protect
their own kind. Monkeys,
elephant and penguins
travel through the jungle
in family groups.
Some animals like
deers, can run very
fast to avoid being
caught by their
enemies or predators.
Animals such as turtles,
crabs, snails and oyster
have protective shell
covers. When they sense
danger they keep their
bodies inside their shells.
Sharp teeth are used by
dogs to fight their enemies.
Carabaos have horns,
horses use their legs to kick
enemies
Bees use their stings to
inflict pain.