B1.4.1 -Adaptations

Question 1

What factors does population size depend on?

Answer 1

Competition
Predation
Disease
Human influences

Question 2

What do organisms require to survive and reproduce?

Answer 2

A supply of marriage from their surroundings and from the other living organisms there

Question 3

What do plants compete with each other for?

Answer 3

Light and space

Water and nutrients from the soil

Question 4

What do animals compete with each other for?

Answer 4

Food
Mates
Territory

Question 5

What do organisms have that enable them to thrive in the conditions in which they live?

Answer 5

Adaptations!

Question 6

What’s the name for an animal living in an extreme environment?

Answer 6

An extremophile

Question 7

What are extremophiles tolerant to?

Answer 7

High levels of salt, temperature or pressures

Question 8

What adaptations do animals in dry and Arctic areas have?

Answer 8

• changes to surface area
• thickness of insulating coat
• amount of body fat
• camouflage

Question 9

What adaptations do plants have that help them survive in dry environments?

Answer 9

• changes to surface area, particularly of the leaves
• water storage tissues
• extensive root systems

Question 10

What adaptations may animals have to help then cope with specific features of their environment?

Answer 10

thorns
poisons
warning colours to detect predators