TYPES OF

ADAPTAT
IONS

By Miss Bell
 1. STRUCTURAL

Do you know what structural

adaptations are?
 1. STRUCTURAL
Physical features of an organism that
help it to survive in it’s natural habitat.

Can you think of some

 2.
BEHAVIOU
RAL
Think-pair-share
Come up with a
definition.
2.
BEHAVIOURAL
Affects how an organism behaves.
 KOALAS
Males will have a brown scent
glands that give off scent to
mark their territory. Koalas are
territorial. They sleep 18-22
hours at a time because they
have low energy. They have low
energy because of their hard to
digest food.
EUCALYPTUS
TREE
The eucalyptus tree releases seeds
after there has been a fire. All the
nutrients for the seeds to germinate
are found in the ash bed. This gives
the eucalyptus trees  less
competition from other plants who
cannot survive after fire conditions
meaning the young trees will have a
better chance of survival.
3. PHYSIOLOGICAL-
EXTENSION
A body process that helps an
organism survive or reproduce.
Sometimes you cannot see these
changes.
EXAMPLES OF
PHYSIOLOGICAL
ADAPTATIONS

Ears are sensitive- can detect ant sounds.

CLASS VOTE
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/02/top-
10-ingenious-aussie-animal-adaptations/

Look at the following examples of adaptations to Australian animals

and decide as a class what type of adaptation they are.