adaptions Flashcards
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adaptions
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the action or process of adapting or being adapted
make something suitable for a new use or purpose
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structural adaptions
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evolved modifications to an organism’s physical structure
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physiological adaptions
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evolved modifications to an organism’s internal functioning or metabolic processes
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behavioural adaptions
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evolved modifications to an organism’s actions
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apex predator
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a predator that has no natural predators and is at the top of its food chain
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keystone species
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a species whose effects on an ecosystem are greater than expected relative to its population size
