Exploring Snake Traits and Variations

Delve into the world of snakes to understand their shared traits and diverse variations. Discover how these variations in traits help snakes survive and reproduce, offering insights into their unique characteristics and evolutionary advantages.

• Snakes
• Traits
• Variations
• Survival
• Reproduction

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1. VARIATIONS IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS LESSON 2B How Are Snakes Alike and Different? What Traits and Variations Do They Have? How Could Variations in a Trait Help Them Survive and Produce Young (Babies)?

2. Review: Traitsand Variations What is a trait? What is a variation?

3. Review: Bird Traits and Variations Look at our class chart of traits and variations in birds. What is one trait that birds share? What are two variations of that trait? Remember: Use the words trait and variations in your examples.

4. Review: Plant Traits and Variations Look at our class chart of traits and variations in plants. What is one trait that plants share? What are two variations of that trait? Remember: Use the words trait and variations in your examples.

5. Todays Focus Questions How are snakes alike and different? What traits and variations do they have? How could variations in a trait help them survive and produce young (babies)?

6. How Are Snakes Alike? Photograph by Mike Pingleton/Wikimedia Commons Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com

7. How Are Snakes Alike and Different? Traits of Snakes How Snakes Are Different (Variations in Snake Traits)

8. How Are Snakes Different? Photograph by Mike Pingleton/Wikimedia Commons Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com

9. Our Focus Questions How are snakes alike? What traits do they share? How are snakes different? What variations in traits do they have? How could variations in a trait help them survive and produce young (babies)?

10. Where Do These Snakes Live? Photograph by Mike Pingleton/Wikimedia Commons Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com

11. How Are Snakes Alike and Different? Photos courtesy of Pixabay.com

12. How Are Snakes Alike and Different? 1. Look at your two snakes photos. What is one trait they share? 2. On your handout, draw a circle around this trait. Then write a word that describes the trait. 3. Then look for two differences or variations in this trait. 4. On your handout, draw a line pointing to each difference or variation. Then write a word that describes the variation.

13. Lets Think about Survival! How might the color of a snake help it survive in a grassy area? How might the color of a snake help it survive on a gray rock? Photos courtesy of Pixabay.com

14. Next Time How might variations in a trait help cottonwood- tree seeds survive? Photograph by Amy Gaiennie/Wikimedia Commons Photograph by George Chernilevsky/Wikimedia Commons