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Understanding Plant Adaptations

Plants have structural and behavioral adaptations that allow them to live in different environments. Structural adaptations include physical features like thorns for protection and brightly colored flowers to attract pollinators. Behavioral adaptations refer to how plants naturally act, such as leaning toward sunlight. These adaptations help plants obtain food, water, reproduce, and defend themselves. Certain adaptations are common for specific environments, like waxy coatings in deserts or deep roots in grasslands.

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Understanding Plant Adaptations

Plants have structural and behavioral adaptations that allow them to live in different environments. Structural adaptations include physical features like thorns for protection and brightly colored flowers to attract pollinators. Behavioral adaptations refer to how plants naturally act, such as leaning toward sunlight. These adaptations help plants obtain food, water, reproduce, and defend themselves. Certain adaptations are common for specific environments, like waxy coatings in deserts or deep roots in grasslands.

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PLANT

ADAPTATION
Definition of Adaptation

❑ The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and


structure of an organism to become more suited to an
environment
❑ It is derived from latin word “adaptare” which means “to
fit”
Plant Adaptation
❑ Plants have adaptations to help them live and grow in
different areas
❑ These adaptations might make it very difficult for the plant
to survive in a different place
❑ This explains why certain plants are found in one area, but
not in another
❑ For example: you wouldn’t see a cactus living in the Arctic
Why do plants adapt?

❑ For protection: Thorns


❑ For reproduction: Brightly colored fruits and vegetable
attract animals.
➢Colorful petals attract birds and insects
❑ For climate/location: Forest and Desert
Types of Adaptation

1) Structural Adaptation – are the way something is built


or made
2) Behavioral Adaptation – are the way something acts
naturally or by instinct
Adaptations to get food:
Leaves and stems absorb energy from the sun
Structural Adaptations
Adaptations to get food:
❑ Plants lean or grow towards the sun
❑ Roots grow down into soil
❑ Vines climb up trees to catch sunlight
Behavioral Adaptations
Behavioral Adaptations
Adaptations to get food:
❑ Plants like venus fly trap,
trap insects for food
Behavioral Adaptations
Adaptations to get water and
nutrients:
❑ Desert flowers can stay
dormant for months, only
coming to life when it rains
Structural Adaptations
Adaptations to get water and
nutrients:
❑ Roots soak up water and
nutrients from soil.
Adaptations for reproduction:
Brightly colored flowers with nectar attract pollinators such as
birds, bees and insects
Structural Adaptations
Adaptations for reproduction:
❑ Sweet fruit attracts animals that spread seeds far away
❑ Some seeds are shaped to catch the wind
Structural Adaptations
Adaptations for reproduction:
❑ Plants drop seeds to grow new offspring

Behavioral Adaptations
Adaptations for defense:
❑ Spines and thorns protect plants from predators

Structural Adaptations
Desert Adaptation

❑ Waxy coating
❑Leaves with hair
❑ Lack leaves
Grassland Adaptation

❑ Deep roots help


provide prairie fires
❑ Narrow leaves lose less
water than broad leaves
Tundra Adaptation

❑ Small plants grow


close to the ground for
warmth
❑ Fuzzy stems provide
protection from wind
Rainforest Adaptation
❑ Smoot bark and smooth
waxy flowers speed the
run off of water
❑ Many rainforest leaves
have “drip tips” – pointed
shape which helps drain
excess water from the leaf

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