Forum 1.6 - Advantageous Adaptations

1/28/2019

Central Question: What is the relationship between species characteristics and physical location?

Guiding Thought Question: What is a particular physical characteristic that would be advantageous for a plant or animal to have to live in the landscape above? Why would that characteristic be beneficial for that species in order to help it survive?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the connections that animals have with their physical location and how those can be grouped with species from the same area. Students will examine two rules of ecogeography and then test them to analyze how applicable they are to real-world situations.

22 Comments

Clare Davidson

1/21/2021 12:20:51 pm

It would be good for a plant or animal to not need a lot of water or be able to store water somewhere in their body. It seems like there is not a lot of water around.

Saxon

1/21/2021 12:23:29 pm

Large ears- it releases the heat that it might endure

wilson

1/21/2021 12:23:54 pm

for animals and plants that thrive in hotter, drier places this would fit well.

Norwegian

1/21/2021 12:24:30 pm

Plants would have small leaves. Animals that have coats, will have thin coats. The small leaves will allow them to not have to take in as much water to feed the whole plant, and a thinner coat will help with the hot heat

Danish

1/21/2021 12:24:35 pm

An animal would have an advantage if it was nocturnal and could be outside when it was cooler and would sleep when it was the hottest

Olivia Rosenthal

1/21/2021 12:24:49 pm

Camouflage bc there is not much to hide under from predators.

Annie Feden

1/21/2021 12:25:06 pm

A rough exterior of both animals and plants would be beneficial since they would spend a majority of their time in the sun. The ability to store water is necessary because it doesn't look like there is much water in that area.

Will Alexander

1/21/2021 12:25:07 pm

It would be good for them not to sweat a lot so they can retain water since there is not very much water in a desert.

Emily Tran

1/21/2021 12:25:12 pm

Water retaining skin and sharp claws <(0-o)>

Fleener

1/21/2021 12:26:12 pm

It would be an advantage to have a thin coat and camouflage.

Marcus

1/21/2021 12:27:00 pm

Coarse substrate would make burrowing easier for animals/insects who may be ambush predators as well as prey animals who use burrows for safety. Being able to stay underground nearly eliminates animals from being preyed on, but not always. For predatory animals, the ability to stay hidden allows them better opportunities to attack and kill/incapacitate prey.

Alondra Ortiz-Santos

1/21/2021 12:29:14 pm

Hard shells/skin for protection. Food storage

Laura Nelsen

1/21/2021 12:29:54 pm

The ability to survive without lots of water would be a good characteristic to have because the landscape looks drier.

Reagan Pumilia

1/21/2021 12:30:11 pm

It would be advantageous for an animal to have qualities that would allow them to retain water for long periods of time, as well as other qualities that would allow them to live in a hot area.

Claire Nalty

1/21/2021 12:30:47 pm

shrubby and probably deep roots – deep roots would help the plant store more water, and shrubby causes it to have less surface area that it needs to take care of

Surprised

1/21/2021 12:34:07 pm

The strength and structure of arms and claws would be helpful for digging underground to stay protected

Aidan Anderson

1/21/2021 12:37:30 pm

It would be good for the plants not to transpire as much water as other plants.

Liam Helt

1/21/2021 12:37:56 pm

A brown color and a textured exterior color, like the African spured tortoise

Lauren S

1/27/2021 08:58:03 am

For animals it would be helpful for them to have a light colored fur or skin to blend into the dirt and rocks.

Grace

1/27/2021 08:59:15 am

Having deep roots or being some kind of grass would be beneficial to these plants because there is so little water. Long roots would help get water that is farther down in the soil.

D-swizzle

1/27/2021 09:00:05 am

an advantageous physical charectaristic for animals would definetly be shorter hair and smaller overall body. small hairs would be good for intense heat and smaller bodies would be good for lack of water.

Taryn

1/27/2021 09:00:36 am

Being able to live in a dry & hot place or camouflage/ smaller animals so they’re harder to see

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