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Purpose of adaptation:
A2-to survive in their natural habitat.
A4- to protect itself against predators.

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A2:
Their round, compact bodies minimize surface area that is exposed to the cold air so that they would not feel as cold in their environment. It is well adapted to its cold surroundings.
A4:
In winter,the arctic fox has thick and white fur.
The white fur ensures the fox to blend in and camouflage in its surroundings. This allows it not to be easily spotted by its predators.
During summer,the temperature of the surroundings increases, and the fox's fur becomes thinner and changes into a brownish-yellow colour.
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A2- to survive in their natural habitat.
Write up:  The killer whale is the largest dolphin species. It preys on sperm, grey, fin, humpback whales  Together with other whales. The Killer Whale also has big teeth which grows up to four inches long.
The whale also has a thick layer of fat known as blubber to keep itself warm in order to survive in  the cold waters.
The killer whale has barnacles on it. The barnacles are hard, preventing the whale's predators from preying on it.

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Watch: Killer Whales Charge Blue Whale (Rare Drone Footage) | National Geographic

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A2-to survive in their natural habitat
A5- to obtain air, food and water
Write up: The deep sea angler fish which resembles a basketball lives in a cold and harsh environment, using its illuminated lure which contains luminous bacteria to attract its prey.
As the angler fish cannot swim fast, it uses its "blue-green bulb" to find food. It has an expandable jaw with huge teeth and an elastic stomach to swallow its prey larger than itself whole.
It disguises itself in the dark and murky water.Its skin is brown black or grey.
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Purpose of Adaptation:
A1-to cope with physical conditions
A4-to protect themselves against predators

Write up:
The polar bears have several adaptations to cope with their natural habitat. The polar bears have white fur to help them to blend in well with its surroundings to avoid being spotted by other predators and prey and is also suited to life in cold  environments.

The polar bears also have a thick layer of fat under their skin to keep them warm in the cold surroundings. Although their fur is white, their skin underneath is actually black. The black skin is to let the polar bear soak better in the sun's warming rays.

Polar bears do not have any natural predators except other polar bears. They defend their young with their sharp claws to hold down their prey

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Interesting Facts about Polar Bears – Educational Video for School Learning

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Purpose of adaptation:
A4 - to protect themselves against predators

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The spider curls up into a ball to roll and escape from predators. It does this when it is spotted by predators such as the desert wasp. First, it will use its front legs to dig a hole in the sand in an attempt to hide from predators. The spider will then fill the hole up with sand to blend in with the sandy landscape. Upon being spotted by predators, it will curl up into a ball and roll down the  dune. It rolls up to 44 revolutions per second.
If the spider can't outrun the predator, it will out-roll it.:)
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The Wheel spider, Golden Wheel spider, or Dancing White lady spider (Carparachne aureoflava), is a huntsman spider native to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa. The spider escapes parasitic pompilid wasps by flipping onto its side and cartwheeling down sand dunes at speeds of up to 44 turns per second.

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A2-to survive in their natural habitat
The Flying Squirrel has a sail-like fur-skin membrane that extends from its wrists to its ankles. This membrane traps air under it to allow the Flying Squirrel to glide through the air. It also has a fluffy tail to keep balance during flight.
The Flying Squirrels usually glide short distances from tree to tree as they cannot fly, but only can glide. Flying Squirrel is nocturnal so it has excellent night-vision.
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A5-to obtain,air food and water
write up:big lower jaw to expand and swallow prey
-has venom to kill prey easily
-scales on the top of their eyes to protect its eyes from the sand.[the snake buries into the sand to ambush its prey unsuspectedly]

habitat-desert[120-160 degrees]

A2-to survive in their natural habitat
Raise up most of their body [only 2 parts of their body touches the ground] to slide sideways to effect movement and reduce contact with hot sand and other surfaces.
[to reduce heat gain because the snake is cold blooded which means that the snake will gain the same temperature as the surroundings]
-it goes at a maximum speed of 18mph so that it can outrun predators .
-the snake buries itself

underground so as to ambush prey or to digest its prey as they are vulnerable after eating

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Terrifying: The Venomous Sidewinder Snake Slithers at 18 MPH

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Purpose of adaptations:
A1 - to cope with physical conditions

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The Venus Flytrap is a special type of plant. It is a carnivorous plant, and its leaves are not used for photosynthesis.  It is used to trap small prey such as insects.

Its only two leaves are shaped like a clam, and is usually open wide, if not in the process of digesting its prey. When an insect or prey comes into contact with the sensitive hairs attached to the inside of the leaves enough to bend them, it triggers the leaves to clamp shut at a startling speed of less than a second.

The leaves trap the prey very tightly and does not open until its prey is digested into nutrients, which would be absorbed by the plant to obtain energy and survive.  The digestive process takes about 5 to 12 days, depending on some factors like how big the prey is, the age of the plant and the number of times the plant has done the process.

The prey's exoskeleton would be blown away in the wind or washed away by the rain.

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Hungry Venus flytraps snap shut on a host of unfortunate flies | Life - BBC

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Purpose of adaptations:
A1 -to cope with physical conditions
Write up:
The penguins huddle to keep themselves warm. When they huddle, they trap heat and there is a  continual movement of penguins from the outside of the group to the center so displacing the warmer penguins.

A4-To protect themselves against predators.
Write up:
Penguins use the colour of their feathers to camouflage in the sea so that predators cannot spot them.
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Purpose of adaptation:
A2 - to survive in their natural habitat

Write up:
Horseflies which feed on mammal's blood, possess an ability to see polarized (American Spelling) light. This enables them to pinpoint puddles with accuracy: The light reflected by the surface of the water is polarized, as may be seen when they are viewed through polarized sun glasses which cut out horizontal light rays, such as reflection from the sea.

Horseflies use this method to detect the pools where they lay their eggs and find their prey: The herbivores that come there to drink. They have adapted this to find puddles of water more easily ensuring the continuation of their species.

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1) Choose an animal and find out more about the adaptations of the animal.

2) Write one or more of the following adaptations:
A1 - to cope with physical conditions
A2  - to survive in their natural habitat
A3 - to reproduce
A4 - to protect themselves against predators
A5 - to obtain air, food and water

3) Write a short write up about the adaptation (Maximum 100 words)

4) Include picture, video or link in the post.

5) Include your names and register number at the end.

Your teacher will give you further instructions on how to comment on each other's post after this.

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Purpose of adaptations:
A1 - to cope with physical conditions

Write up:
The lizard is able to run 20 times its body length in one second.

But when it rests, it must dance to keep from burning on the boiling hot sand.

The dancing reduces the amount of time it stays in contact with the hot sand, and surface area in contact with the hot sand, hence reducing heat gain from the hot sand, and preventing it from overheating.

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Purpose of adaptation:
A1 - to cope with physical conditions
A2-  to survive in their natural habitat.

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The camel is often known as ship of the desert, as it is able to survive the harsh conditions of the desert.

They have long eyelashes that shield their eyes from the strong winds in the desert and the nostrils can be closed to block out the blowing sand.

The broad, flat leathery pads at the bottom of their hooves allowing camels to walk without "sinking" into the sand.

Camels store fats in their humps, enabling them to go for days without drinking or eating.

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