Adaptations Flashcards
1
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What can adaptations be?
A
Structural, behavioural, functional
2
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What are structural features?
A
The animals body features- animals like whales have a thick layer of blubber and low surface area for heat
3
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What adaptations do camels have?
A
Thin layer of fat large surface area to help them lose heat
4
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What are behavioural adaptations?
A
Way the organisms behave in order to survive in the weather
5
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What are functional adaptations?
A
Things that go inside an organisms body that can be related to proccesses like reproduction and metabolism- For example desert animals conserve water by not sweating - brown bears hibernate over winter to lower there metabolism
6
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What are some microorganisms known as?
A
extremophiles these are organisms that live in extreme weather conditions
