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Adaptations

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Name one of three types of adaptations.

Structural/physical / Behavioural / Physiological

What is an adaptation?

A feature of an organism that gives it an advantage / Accept: Changes in a body to fit a location

Define a structural/physical adaptation?

Physical features of the body that assist with survival or reproduction.

Give three examples of a physical adaptation in an animal.

E.g. horns, spikes, fins, scales, armour, camouflage, brightly coloured flowers etc

What are behavioural adaptations?

Something that the organism does that gives it a benefit.

Give three examples of behavioural adaptations.

E.g. herding, socialising, barking, running/flying/swimming away (startling), setting a trap, mimicking etc

What are physiological adaptation?

Things that the organisms body does, without it necessarily having to tell it to do so.

Give two examples of physiological adaptations.

Producing milk for young, producing venom, producing poison,

Name 1x structural, 1x behavioural and 1x physiological adaptation for this snail.

E.g. it has a shell, eye stalks, muscular foot, it retracts into its shell when startled, courts mates, it hibernates, produces mucous, can be either sex

Name three adaptations of a Dromedary.

Big pads on its feet, fat on its back, long eyelashes, thick lips, shaggy fur,