2.4.2 Adaptations

Question 0

What are behavioural adaptations?

Answer 0

Behavioural adaptations are any actions by organisms which help them to survive and reproduce

Question 1

What are adaptations?

Answer 1

Adaptations are the features which enable organisms to survive

Question 2

What is an animal example of behavioural adaptations?

Answer 2

Animals bury food for a future food source

Question 3

What is a plant example of a behavioural adaptation?

Answer 3

Plants turn their leaves towards the sun to maximise photosynthesis

Question 4

What are physiological adaptations?

Answer 4

Physiological adaptations are features of the internal workings of an organism which help them to survive and reproduce

Question 5

What is an example of a physiological adaptation?

Answer 5

Danish scurvy grass has a high salt tolerance, so it can survive at the side of the motorway, despite the salt grit on the roads

Question 6

What is an anatomical adaptation?

Answer 6

Anatomical adaptations are the structures we can see when we observe or dissect an organism

Question 7

What is an example of an anatomical adaptation?

Answer 7

Bumblebees show adaptations used to collect nectar and pollen

Question 8

What is co-adaptation?

Answer 8

When two organisms depend on each other

Question 9

What is an example of co-adaptation?

Answer 9

Plants and the pollinator (bees)