10.7 Adaptations

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

Characteristics that increase an organism’s likelihood of survival and reproduction. These can be anatomical, behavioural or physiological

Question 2

Anatomical adaptation

Answer 2

Physical features internally and externally. Eg. Camouflage, teeth

Question 3

Behavioural adaptation

Answer 3

The way an organism acts. Learnt or inherited. Eg. Seasonal behaviours such as hibernation or migration

Question 4

Innate behaviour

Answer 4

Inherited through genes. Eg. A spider building webs

Question 5

Learned behaviour

Answer 5

Adaptation learnt through experience or observation of other organisms. Eg. Seals using rocks to break crustaceans

Question 6

Physiological adaptation

Answer 6

Processes that take place inside an organism. Eg. Venom production, antibiotic production

Question 7

Analogous structures

Answer 7

Features of different species that perform the same role but have different structures

Question 8

Convergent evolution

Answer 8

Occurs when organisms that aren’t closely related evolve similar features or behaviours