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Athena's adaptation mind map - Coggle Diagram
Athena's adaptation mind map
Water
Obtain water
Shallow and wide roots to collect water from a large area
Moving in water
Fins
Fish
Webbed feets/ Slippers
Modified Limbs
Streamlined body shape
Move through water easily
Reducing water resistance
Retain water
Camels retain water by urinating very little and not sweating
Humps store fat
Needle like leaves of the cactus reduce water loss
Defination
Special characteristics that organisms have to survive in their environment
Behavioural
How an organism act/ respond to stimuli
Plants
Open flowers at night - nocturnal pollinators
Animals
Gather together in large groups to defend against predators
Structural
Physical trait
Plants
Dessert : small leaves to reduce water loss
Animals
Cold region : thick fur to keep warm
Light
Plants
Photosynthesis
Aquatic
Cannot survive in deeper waters where light cannot be reached
Maximum amount of light
Have ways to reach out for sunlight
Large Leaves/ Large numbers of leaves
Increase the surface area of chlorophyll
Animals
See
Find food
Find mates
See their predators
Avoid light
Avoid predators
Avoid being dried up
Temperature
Hot
Lose heat
Large body parts
Ears
Avoid extreme heat
Hide in dark places during the day to keep cool
Come out during the cool night to feed
Minimise the area of contact between the body and the hot sand
Sidewinder snake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3NbPUTD5qA
Cold
Retain heat
Insulators
Traps air which is a poor conductor of heat
Thick fur
Birds fluff up their feathers
Crowding together
Reduce surface area and slow down heat slow
Thick fat
Blubber
Avoid the cold winter
Hibernate
Bears/ Chipmunks/ Hedgehogs
Heart beats slower
Migrate
To warmer climate
Canada goose
https://video.naionalgeograph
ic.com/video/ goose_canda
Reproduction
Animals
Finding mates and producing youngs
Finding mates
Courting rituals
Performs a dance
Peacock
Mating calls
Male frog
Brings a gift
Dancing fly
Secret substance
Scent
Young
Mammals and birds
Take care of helpless young
Eggs
Protective shell
Protect the young until the hatch
Large numbers
To increase the chances of survival
New borns are able to walk or swim immediately
To avoid predators
Plants
Dispersing seeds and fruits
Pollination
Animals
Wind
Seed dispersal
Prevent overcrowding
Splitting action
Scattered around the parent
Wind
Some distance away depending on wind direction
Water
Washed up on a new shore
Animals
A distance away from parent (random)
Food
Plant
Have chlorophyll
Carbon dioxide
Ingest small organisms
Pitcher plant
Animals
Birds
Claws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFZ8NMBDCJw
Beaks
Teeth
Flat teeth for grinding plant
Sharp teeth for tearing meat
Hunt in groups
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
bitesize/higher/biology/ genetics_adaptation/ obtaining_food/ revision/1/
Air
Taken oxygen
Dissolved oxygen from water
Special organs
Moist skin
Frog
Gills
Fish
Gill chambers
Trap water
Mud skipper
Crabs
Oxygen from the air
Lungs
Mamamals
Land
Elephants
Humans
Marine
Come to the water surface to breath through their nostrils or blowholes
Close the opengings when going underwater
Whale
Seals
Dolphin
Dugong
Amphibians
Frog
Birds
Stomata
PLants
Air bubbles
Water spider
Diving beetle
Escaping predators
Structural adaptation
camouflage
Less noticeable to match their surroundings
Body shape
Leaf frog
Stick insect
Body covering
Flounder fish
Bird dropping spider
Countershading
Top view
Bottom view
Run away
Increase speed
Swim faster
Streamlined body shape
Deterrence Dibcourage their predators
By looking similar to other poisonous
Poison / Venom
Poison dart frog
Spike / shells / scales
Cactus
Tortoise
Porpcupine
Appearing big
Puffer fish
Behavioral
Live in herds
Deter predators
Much harder to attack an animal in a herd than a single animal
Pretending to be dead
Until danger is gone
To avoid being eaten up
