4.1 Adapt and Survive

Question 1

What do organisms need to survive and reproduce?

Answer 1

Materials from their surroundings and from the other organisms living there

Question 2

What do plants need to survive?

Answer 2

Light, carbon dioxide, water, oxygen and nutrients like mineral ions

Question 3

What do animals need to survive?

Answer 3

Food, water and oxygen

Question 4

What is an adaptation?

Answer 4

A feature which allows an organism to survive in its environment

Question 5

What are plants adapted to do?

Answer 5

Obtain light and other materials efficiently in order to make food by photosynthesis

Question 6

What are animals mouthparts adapted to?

Answer 6

Their diet

Question 7

Where do most organisms live and why?

Answer 7

In temperatures below 40 degrees celsius so their enzymes can work properly

Question 8

What are extremophiles?

Answer 8

Are microorganisms which are adapted to live in conditions where enzymes won’t usually work because they would denature