Lesson: Structural Adaptations Science • First Year of Preparatory School

Students will be able to

• define structural adaptations as characteristics of an organism’s physical appearance that make it well suited to its environment,
• describe examples of structural adaptations that help organisms obtain food, such as the beaks of birds or trapping mechanisms of insectivorous plants,
• describe examples of structural adaptations that aid movement, such as forelimbs in bats, whales, and primates,
• describe examples of structural adaptations that aid prey/predators, such as camouflage.