ADAPTATION OF

ANIMALS
Bharti Verma
I. D. No. - 14162040

WEATHER
Thedaytodayconditionoftheatmosphereata
placewithrespecttotemperature,humidity,rainfall,
windspeedetc.iscalledtheweatheratthatplace.
Thetemperature,humidity,rainfall,windspeedetc.
arecalledtheelementsoftheweather.
Theweatherataplacechangeseveryday.Sometimes
itismorewarm,morehumid,morecloudyormore
windy.Sometimesitislesswarm,lesshumid,less
cloudyorlesswindy.

CHANGES IN WEATHER
Theweatherisgenerallynotthesameonany
twodaysandthereisalotofchangesinthe
weatheroverweeks.
Allthechangesintheweatheriscausedbythe
sun.

CLIMATE & ADAPTATION OF

ANIMALS
Theaverageweatherpatterntakenoveralongperiodoftime
(about25years)iscalledtheclimateoftheplace.
Climatehaveaprofoundeffectonalllivingorganism.
Animalslivinginverycoldclimateandveryhotclimateshould
havespecialfeaturestoprotectthemfromheatandcold.
ThisfeaturesandhabitsarearesultofprocessofevolutionEg:
polarregionandtropicalrainforestPolarregionsaresituated
nearthepoles,NorthpoleandSouthpole.Greenland,Iceland,
NorwayTropicalrainforestaresituatedaroundtheequater
India,Malasia,Keneya,Uganda..

POLAR REGION
Thepolarregionsarecoveredwithsnowandvery
coldformostpartsoftheyear
Thetemperaturesareaslowas37oCinwinter
Forsixmonthsthesundoesnotriseandforsix
monthsthesundoesnotset.
Someoftheanimalsfoundinthepolarregionsare
polarbear,penguins,muskoxen,reindeers,foxes,
seals,whales,Siberiancraneetc.

POLAR BEAR

ADAPTATION OF POLAR BEAR

Theyhavewhitefursothattheyarenoteasily
visibleinthesnowandhelpsincatchingtheirprey
andhelpthemfrompredators
Theyhavetwolayersoffurtoprotectthemextreme
cold.
Theyhavealayeroffatundertheskinwhichalso
protectthemfromcold.Physicalactivitiesofwarm
daynecessitatecoolingSothepolarbeargoes
swimming.Whileswimmingitcancloseitsnostrills.

ADAPTATION OF POLAR BEAR

Theirpawsarewideandlargewhichhelp
themtowalkonsnowandtoswiminwater.
Theyhaveastrongsenseofsmellwhichhelps
themtocatchtheirprey.

THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Theminimumtemperatureismoretan15oC
andmaximumtemperatureismorethan40oC.
Thedaysandnightsareofalmostequallength.
Theseregionsalsohaveplentyofrainfall.
ThetropicalregionsinIndiaarewesternghats
andAssam.
IntheworldthetropicalregionsareSoutheast
Asia,CentralAmericaandCentralAfrica.

The common animals found in tropical climate are

monkeys, apes, gorillas, lions, tigers, elephants,
leopards, snakes, lizards, insects, birds etc.

THE TROPICAL
RAINFOREST
Theclimaticconditionishighlysuitablefor
supportingenormousnumberofanimals
Numberislarge,thereisanintense
competitionforfoodandshelter
Animalsareadaptedtothiscondition

ADAPTATION OF ELEPHANT
Theelephanthasalongtrunkwhichitusesas
noseandforpickingupfood.
Ithasastrongsenseofsmell.
Thetusksaremodifiedteethwhichhelpsitto
tearbarksoftreestoeat.
Itslargeearshelpittohearevensoftsounds.
Italsohelpsittocoolitselfinhotclimate