Structural, Physiological and Behavioral adaptions

Question 1

What are adaptions?

Answer 1

Inherited characteristics/traits that help an organism to survive long enough to reproduce more sucessfully in its changing environment

Question 2

What are behavioral adaptions

Answer 2

• An action or behavior an animal does in order to survive. This has either developed or changed over time to increase its chance of survival.

Question 3

Outline an example of a Behavioral adaption

Answer 3

• migration, hibernation, learned behavior, alteration in the mode of reproduction, altered feeding habits, and distinct modes of communication.

Question 4

Define Physiological Adaptions

Answer 4

• Refers to internal adaptions such as venom or temperature resistance, that allows the animal to become better suited to its environment.

Question 5

Outline or describe an example of a Physiological Adaption

Answer 5

• Camouflage, frost tolerance, venom, psychic abilities, increased hearing.

Question 6

Define Structural Adaptions

Answer 6

• Physical features that make an organism well suited to the environment that it lives in.

Question 7

Outline and describe one example of a Structural Adaption

Answer 7

• Increased leg strength.
• Flexible jaw of a snake.
• Ducks webbed feet helping its swimming ability.

Question 8

Define Tolerance

Answer 8

Ability of living organisms to withstand little unfavorable changes in the environment, which affect their survival.

Question 9

Describe what “zone of intolerance is”

Answer 9

• No chance of survival, the conditions have made it impossible for that animal/species/population to survive.

Question 10

Descibe “optimum range of intolerance is”

Answer 10

• The species/population/animal is thriving, surviving and reproducing.

Question 11

Outline an example of a factor that can affect the tolerance range

Answer 11

• Temperature.
• Availability of food.
• Reproduction rates.