To explain how adaptations help organisms survive in different environments Squirrel Island Background A beneficial or neutral mutation can quickly become harmful when the environments change ID: 698059
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Squirrel Island - Purpose
To explain how adaptations help organisms survive in different environments.Slide2
Squirrel Island - Background
A beneficial or neutral mutation can quickly become harmful when
the environments change
.
The environment greatly affects an organism’s ability to survive, and even a small change can be harmful to some organisms.Slide3
Creatures of the Deep - Purpose
To explain how adaptations help organisms survive in different environments.Slide4
Creatures of the Deep - Background
A beneficial or neutral mutation can quickly become harmful when
the environments change
.
The environment greatly affects an organism’s ability to survive, and even a small change can be harmful to some organisms.Slide5
For example – the panda’s thumb
…Slide6
For example – the kakapo
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For example – the penguin
…Slide8
For example – the
Kaibab
and Albert’s Squirrels
…Slide9
Squirrel Island - Procedure:
Work
with your partner.
Put
your names on the back of the drawing paper.
Use
a PENCIL
You
will be assigned an island habitat.
Design
a squirrel that has adapted to the environment of the
island (beneficial
mutations).
Draw the island environment and the squirrel.
On a separate sheet of paper,
describe the adaptations, and why they
are beneficial
to the squirrel
. You will answer the questions on the next slide.
Neatness
and attention to detail matters!Slide10
Squirrel Island - Procedure:
Draw the island environment and the squirrel.
On a separate sheet of paper,
describe the adaptations, and why they
are beneficial
to the squirrel
.
Give an example of each of the following in your Squirrel Island ecosystem:
Producer
Consumer
Predator
Prey
Scavenger
Decomposer
Habitat
Community
Population
Niche
Abiotic
factor
Biotic factor
Limiting factor
Carrying capacitySlide11
Creatures of the Deep
Work with your partner.
Put your names on the back of the drawing paper.
Use a PENCIL
You will be designing a creature that lives in an aquatic habitat.
Design a creature that has adapted to an underwater habitat (beneficial mutations).
Draw its habitat, and the creature.
On a separate sheet of paper, describe the adaptations, and why they are beneficial to the creature. You will answer the questions on the next slide.
Neatness and attention to detail matters!Slide12
Creatures of the Deep - Procedure:
Draw its habitat, and the creature.
On a separate sheet of paper, describe the adaptations, and why they are beneficial to the creature.
Give an example of each of the following in your ecosystem:
Producer
Consumer
Predator
Prey
Scavenger
Decomposer
Habitat
Community
Population
Niche
Abiotic
factor
Biotic factor
Limiting factor
Carrying capacity