Adaptations

Question 1

the law of limiting
factors

Answer 1

F. F. Blackman (1905) pointed out
that a maximum quantity of a
resource tolerated by organism
would limit its response as well.

Question 2

Acclimatization

Answer 2

This plastic, relatively short-term
response of an individual to
exposures to different or changing
natural environments

As seasons and conditions
change, individuals may acclimate
to them and shift their tolerance
curves.

Question 3

Adaptation

Answer 3

behavioral, morphological,
or physiological trait that is
assumed to be the result of
natural selection that results
in an increased fitness for
the environment.

Question 4

Fitness

Answer 4

The adaptation of an
organism to its
environment is exhibited
by its ability to function
between some upper and
lower limits in a range of
environment conditions.