ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION AND ADAPTATION Year 9 and 10
Adaptations help animals and plants survive in their habitat.
Adaptations can be structural (what it looks like), functional (how it’s body works) and behavioural (what it does).
Class: MAMMAL
Common Name of Animal:
Adaptations for
Movement
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How do these help
the animal survive?
Scientific Name:
Adaptations for
Feeding
Description of Habitat:
How do these help
the animal survive?
Adaptations for
Protection
List a behavioural
adaptation it uses.
The dark fur around a meerkat’s eyes works like
Class: FISH
Common Name of Animal:
Adaptations for
Movement
How do these help
the animal survive?
Scientific Name:
Adaptations for
Feeding
Description of Habitat:
How do these help
the animal survive?
Adaptations for
Protection
List a behavioural
adaptation it uses.
Class: BIRD
Common Name of Animal:
Adaptations for
Movement
How do these help
the animal survive?
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Scientific Name:
Adaptations for
Feeding
The shape of a kiwi beak reminds you of
Description of Habitat:
How do these help
the animal survive?
Adaptations for
Protection
List a behavioural
adaptation it uses.
Class: REPTILE
Common Name of Animal:
Adaptations for
Movement
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How do these help
the animal survive?
Scientific Name:
Adaptations for
Feeding
Description of Habitat:
How do these help
the animal survive?
Adaptations for
Protection
List a behavioural
adaptation it uses.
The scales protect an alligator. This works like a
Class: AMPHIBIAN
Common Name of Animal:
Adaptations for
Movement
How do these help
the animal survive?
Scientific Name:
Adaptations for
Feeding
Description of Habitat:
How do these help
the animal survive?
Adaptations for
Protection
List a behavioural
adaptation it uses.
Class: INSECT
Common Name of Animal:
Adaptations for
Movement
How do these help
the animal survive?
Scientific Name:
Adaptations for
Feeding
Description of Habitat:
How do these help
the animal survive?
Adaptations for
Protection
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What is the key difference between insects and all the other groups of other animals on this sheet?
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Auckland Zoo’s Te Wao Nui enclosures are home to plants and animals of New Zealand.
What class of animals does not have many members in New Zealand?
How has this affected some of the species that have lived here a long time?
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How do these help
the animal survive?