Ocean Plants And Animals Adaptations
Many animals such as cockles are adapted to live in these conditions.
Ocean plants and animals adaptations. The ecosystems in the open ocean biome vary greatly based on water temperature sunlight and available nutrients. Some adaptions allow animals to escape such as lizards with tails that snap off when a predator tries to capture it. Deep sea plants provide food and shelter for the marine life living at these depths.
The plants and animals that live in these cold environments however require special adaptations. The intertidal zone the pelagic zone and the abyss. A biome is a place where a plant or animal lives.
Many animals such as cockles are adapted to live in these conditions. They have strong shells that protect them from wave action drying out and the prying beaks of predators. Most animals have sleek bodies to swim through the water the sleek bodies help cut down friction on the.
In this lesson students consider the diversity of animals in the deep ocean noting similarities and variations in how animals have adapted to their deep ocean environment. Most animals have sleek bodies to swim through the water the sleek bodies help cut down friction on the animal. Although they lack a central nervous system that responds to its environment in the same fashion as animals plants nonetheless make behavioral adaptions as well as physical adaptations.
All animals in the ocean release carbon dioxide into the water as waste which is then used by plants to produce energy. Gills allow them to breathe in the ocean water. There are plenty of plants in the ocean just like there are enough animals in the fish.
The male has a colorful tail to attract females. Encourage students to think about adaptations in marine animals related to obtaining food providing camouflage or safety from predators or dealing with changes in temperature salinity pressure lack of sunlight and need for oxygen. Water depth temperature and the presence or absence of light are some of the conditions that differ in these habitats.