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Organisms have features (adaptations) that enable them to

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survive in the conditions in which they normally live. These adaptations may be structural, behavioural or functional.

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Some organisms live in environments that are very extreme, such as at high temperature, pressure, or salt concentration. These organisms are called

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extremophiles. Bacteria living in deep sea vents are extremophiles.

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Adaptions allow organisms to survive (structural, behavioural, functional)

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  • structural : features of an organisms body structure
  • behavioural - ways organisms behave, many migrate to warmsr climates during winter to avoid problems of living in cold conditions.
    Functional - thinfs that go on inside on organisms body that can be relatednti processes like metabolism.
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