Adaptations (Ch.15)

Question 1

What are structural adaptations

Answer 1

Structures developed through random mutations that increase the likelihood of survival and to produce offspring

Question 2

What are examples of prey defense/ strutural adaptations

Answer 2

• Heightened senses
• Speed
• Protective armor
• Protective spines/ thorns
• Tails/ appendages that break off

Question 3

What are the three common structural adaptations?

Answer 3

• Camouflage
• Warning Colorization
• Fright

Question 4

What is mimicry

Answer 4

When one species resembles another species that possesses an antipredator defense

Question 5

What is Batesian mimicry

Answer 5

Mimic lacks defense of the organism it resembles

Question 6

What is Mullerian Mimicry

Answer 6

Mimic shares a protective defense with other species

Question 7

What makes bacteria getting mutations so dangerous

Answer 7

The non-harmful bacteria can resist an antibody and can conjugate with a harmful drug-resistant microbe