Diversity and Adaptation Among Living Things

 

The student will understand that living things have characteristics that enable them to survive in their environment.

 

6.5.1

DA

Identify adaptations that enhance the survival of organisms in an environment.

6.5.2

DA

Determine which organisms are likely to survive in a particular environment.

6.5.3

DA

Classify plants and animals according to their features.

 

Day1

 

Review

commensalism
parasitism
mutualism
predation

 

Carbon dioxide-Oxygen Cycle
 

Food Webs and Chains - Online Activity http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

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Day 2

 

Review

producers

consumers
decomposers
herbivores
carnivores
omnivores

 

Wildlife What Am I?  Diversity in the Forest  http://www.alpac.ca/index.cfm?id=lesson_plans

 

Tooth Activity http://www.cheetah.co.za/resource/english/grade_5_lesson_4.pdf

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Day 3 - Identify adaptations that enhance the survival of organisms in an environment. (Bird Adaptations)

 

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Day 4 - Identify adaptations that enhance the survival of organisms in an environment. (Fish Adaptations)

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Day 5 - Identify adaptations that enhance the survival of organisms in an environment. (Rabbit and Hare Adaptations)

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Day 6 - Identify adaptations that enhance the survival of organisms in an environment. (Animal Adaptations)

 

Take it to Your Seat (EMC 5003)

Job 1 - Match description of  adaptation with picture of animal with that adaptation.

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Day 7 - Identify adaptations that enhance the survival of organisms in an environment. (Animal Adaptations)

Worksheets

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Day 8 - Identify adaptations that enhance the survival of organisms in an environment.

 

Adaptation - characteristics that makes it easier for an organism to survive

 

Word Version of Table Below

 

Types of Adaptations
Animals Plants

Control Body Temperature

Examples

Polar Bear - thick fur and blubber

Desert Animals – Nocturnal – long ears

Leaf Shape

Examples

Large Leaves -Rainforest plants so can get more sunlight

Tundra plants are small (usually less than 12 inches tall) which helps keep the plants from freezing

 

Gather Food

Examples

Shape of a Bird's Beak

Giraffe - long neck

Anteater - long tongue

Store Water

Example

Cacti - thick trucks and branches

Waxy Layer on leaves - prevents water from evaporation

Defense - Protection from Predators

Examples

Hedgehogs - sharp spines

Turtles and Snails - shells

 Skunk- spray

Bee - sting

Brown moth - color blends into environment

Thorns

Examples

Rose - keeps animals from eating

Movement

Examples

Squirrel - climb trees

Duck - webbed feet to push through the water

Root System

Examples

Grasses - Extensive root systems prevent grazing animals from pulling roots out of the ground

Desert Plants - Long root systems spread out wide or go deep into the ground to absorb water

Rainforest Plants - shallow roots to help capture nutrients from the top level of soil
Store Water

Examples

Camel

 


TCAP Coach Lesson 7

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Day 9 - Determine which organisms are likely to survive in a particular environment.
 

Plant Adaptations by Environment http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/adapt.html

 

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Day 10 - Types of Animals

 

Invertebrate Vertebrate
Arthropods Sponges Echinoderms

arms or spines that radiate from the center of their body

(starfish)

 Segmented Worms

bodies that are divided into segments

bristles

(earthworm)

 Mollusks

soft, skin-like organ covered with a hard outside shell

(oyster, mussel, clam, squid, octopus, snail)

Mammals

Reptiles Amphibians Fish Birds
  have hair or fur have dry skins and scales have smooth wet or slimy skins have scales, fins and tails have wings and feathers
Spiders

8 legs
2 body parts

 

 live on land - breathe air live mainly on land  -
breathe air 		spend part of their life in water and part on land - can breathe in water (gills) or on land (lungs) live entirely in water - breathe underwater (using gills) live on land - breathe air
Insects

6 legs
3 body parts

 

 live young - feed their young milk lay eggs on land lay eggs in the water lay eggs lay eggs
Crustaceans

(crab, lobster and barnacle)

 warm blooded cold blooded cold blooded cold blooded warm blooded

 

PowerPoint http://jc-schools.net/write/sci/Classification_files/frame.htm

Animal Characteristics http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/grade3c/Gr3Web/Animals/animal_groups.htm

 

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Day 11- Classify animals according to their features.

Harcourt Science - Use chart on page B120 to help with problems below.

Wordsheet

 

 

Animal

Temperature

Covering

Breath

Young Eat

Environment

1

 warm blooded skin with fine hair lungs milk land

2

 cold blooded scales gills plants or meat in water

3

 cold blooded scales lungs meat land or water

4

 warm blooded smooth skin lungs milk in water

Answer Key

  1. mammal (human)
  2. fish
  3. reptile
  4. mammal (dolphin or whale)

 

Animal

 Covering Number of Legs Temperature Lay Eggs Transportation

1

 feathers 2 warm blooded yes fly

2

 shell 6 cold blooded yes fly

3

 wet skin 4 cold blooded yes hops

4

 shell 8 cold blooded yes walks

Answer Key

  1. bird
  2. insect
  3. amphibian (frog)
  4. spider

Spiders and insects are both Arthropods.

 

Animal

 Backbone Covering Chambers of heart Number of Legs Food

1

 yes wool 4 4 herbivore

2

 yes scales 2 none omnivore

3

 yes fur 4 4 carnivore

4

 yes feathers 3 2 omnivore

Answer Key

  1. mammal (sheep)
  2. fish
  3. mammal (could be wolf, lion, etc.)
  4. bird

 

Animal

 Teeth Temperature Covering Number of Legs Movement Antlers

1

 chewing warm blooded fur 4 walk yes

2

 tearing cold blooded scales 0 slithers no

3

 none cold blooded shell 4 walks slowly no

4

 beak warm blooded feathers 2 flies no

 

Answer Key

  1. mammal (deer, elk, etc.)
  2. reptile (snake)
  3. reptile (turtle)
  4. bird

 

Animal

 Covering Diet Locomotion Breath Habitat

1

 scales carnivore walk on 4 legs with lungs all continents except Europe & Antarctica

2

 scales some carnivore - others herbivore swim with gills salt and fresh water

3

 skin carnivore hop gills later replaced with lungs fresh water

4

 scales carnivore slithers with lungs all continents except Antarctica

 

Answer Key

  1. reptile - crocodile
  2. fish
  3. amphibian - frog
  4. reptile - snake

 

 

Animal

 Tail Temperature Number of Legs Locomotion Young

1

 no warm blooded 2 upright live young

2

 yes warm blooded 2 fly egg

3

 yes warm blooded 4 on 4  legs live young

4

 yes cold blooded 4 on 4  legs most from egg- some live birth

Answer Key

  1. mammal - human
  2. bird
  3. mammal - cow
  4. reptile - lizard

 

Animal

 Covering Unusual Feature Legs Temperature Color

1

 fuzzy can fly even though has big body 2 cold blooded black and yellow stripes

2

 scales very long snout 4 cold blooded green

3

 fur long neck 4 warm blooded yellow with brownish orange spots

4

 shell moves slowly 4 cold blooded brown or green

 

Answer Key

  1. insect - bee
  2. reptile - alligator
  3. mammal - giraffe
  4. reptile - turtle or tortoise

 

Animal

 Covering Locomotion Legs Diet Habitat

1

 some fuzzy-others smooth crawls 8 insects - suck up the liquid parts of their prey all over the world

2

 scales slithers 0 carnivore - eats small rodents found in many habitats including in the water, forests, deserts and prairies

3

 fur on 2 or 4 legs 4 omnivore - loves honey from the tropics to the Artic and from forests to snowfields

4

 fur walks on 4 legs 4 omnivore - loves fish often pet

 

Answer Key

  1. insect - spider
  2. reptile - snake
  3. mammal - bear
  4. mammal - cat

 

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Day 12 - Classify animals according to their features.

Classifying Critters http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critters.html
& Worksheet  http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=231

 

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Day 13 - Types of Plants

 

Vascular Plants Nonvascular
Seeds

 		 Non-Seeds

(spores)		 Complex nonvascular plants
 		 Simple nonvascular plants
 
evergreens ferns mosses algae
flowering plants club mosses liverwort  
bushes horsetails hornworts  

 

 

 

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Day 14 - Classify plants according to their features.

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Day 15 - Review and Quiz

TCAP Coach Chapter 3 Review