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What are
adaptations?
narrow narrow
end end
broad middle
• Modified limbs
swim
bladder
streamlined body
hollow bones
Research
Cacti
• Very cold
• Food and water not easily available
Pine trees
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5.3 What Are the Adaptations for Coping With
Extreme Temperatures?
Geese Penguins
Polar bear
air tube
strong, woody
and upright stems
Money plant
What are the adaptations of climbing onto
another plant
land plants to get sunlight?
• Tendrils or clasping roots to
cling onto supports
• Creeping stems where leaves
are spread out
Pumpkin
plants
creeping
on the
ground
Predators such as
chameleons have sticky Bats have a sharp
tongues to capture their prey. sense of hearing.
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5.6 What Are the Adaptations for Catching Prey?
Honeybee
Syrphid fly
A leaf insect uses its
A bearded dragon appears A syrphid fly mimics the shape and colour to
bigger, showing its spikes to stripes on a honeybee blend in with its
scare off predators. to scare off predators. surroundings.
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5.8 What Are the Adaptations for Reproduction?