Adaptations

Adaptations

– Adaptations are inherited features that an organism has that helps it survive
and reproduce in its habitat.
– They are the end result of evolutionary changes that a species has gone through
over time.

– NOTE – SPECIES have adaptations and evolve INDIVIDUALS do not. IF an

individual has an adaptation it will increase an organisms survival and hence the
sepcies.
STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS

– These are anatomical adaptations that an organism possesses that improve

their ability to survive. They are innate (the animal is born with them) e.g.
kangaroos use their tails for balance.
BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATIONS

– These are learned behaviours that an organisms possesses that improves their
ability to survive e.g. if we get hot we might move into a shaded area, so that
we don't get dehydrated or heatstroke.
PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION

– These are processes that the organism carries out rather than physical
structures
– E.g. the female mantis produces a frothy liquid to surround and protect the
groups of eggs she lays.
 Examples of Adaptations

Fennec fox of the Sahara Arctic fox

 Examples of Adaptations

Jack rabbit, L. californicus Arctic hare, L. arcticus

 Examples of Adaptations

Hydrophyte: water lily Halophyte: spinifex Xerophyte: cactus

live partially or fully salt tolerant species arid adapted species
submerged in water. found in coastal and salt found in hot and cold
marsh environments deserts.