Science, Bio - Adaptations Flashcards
adaptations - buttress roots
- trees grow extremely tall
- roots sit above the soil
- widening the base of the tree, securing it
adaptions - drip tip leaves
- funnels water off themselves
- prevent rotting and fungus growth
adaptations - lianas
- thin and woody
- plant their roots in the ground
- use trees as support to climb higher to reach the sunlight
adaptations - epiphytes
- grow on the branches and trunks of larger trees
- use their host for support and to lift them up to the sunlight
adaptations - bromeliads
- have thick, overlapping leaves that act like a cup to store water
adaptations - mangrove
- wide spreading roots to stabilize them in water and mud
- adapted to live in salty water (roots filter the salt and channel it into leaves that then die and drop off)
adaptations - pitcher plants
- use brightly coloured leaves and nectar to attract insects
other adaptations- plants
- waxy coating
- sharp thorns
- large flat leaves
importance of flowers
if there wasn’t
- less pollination/plant reproduction
- less oxygen
- difficult for other organisms to survive
- less food for insects, animals and humans
- fewer medicines that come from flowers
- natural places/parks and gardens would be less colourful and attractive
flowering plants
- hibiscus
- rose
- orchid
non flowering plants
- fern
- mushroom
- moss
stem
- grow outwards to get sunlight
roots
- grow downwards to search for water
types of wind dispersal
- wind
- animals
- water
- splitting open forcefully
wind - seed disperal
- wing like structure
- feather like structure
- light
water - seed disperal
- fibrous husk (help float)
animal - seed disperal
- indigestible seeds
- hook-like structure
splitting - wind disperal
- pod-like structure
adaptation
- body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in a particular environment
physical adaptations
- parts of an animal that helps it survive in its environment
physical adaptation - list
- camouflage
- mimicry (looking / sounding like another living organism)
- chemical defenses
- body parts
behavioral adaptations
animals actions
behavior adaptations - list
- migration
- hibernation
- living in a group
- tool use
- playing dead
- calling
- threatening gestures
endotherms
- warm blooded
- maintains a constant body temperature regardless of changes in the surrounding temperature
adaptations of endothems
- fat layers of fur and feathers (insulation)
- shivering muscles to increase body heat
- hibernation
ectotherms
- warm their bodies by absorbing heat from their surroundings
- coldblooded
adaptations - ectotherms
- marine fish and invertebrates
- live in water that stays the same temperature
- more active when warm temp, slow down as temp drops
