Adaptations

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What are the 3 different types of ADAPTATIONS allowing organisms to survive?
Structural, Behavioural, Functional
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What is STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION?
Features of an organism's body structure (eg. shape/ colour)
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What is BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATION?
The way organisms behave (eg. migration to warmer climates)
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What is FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION?
Things happening inside the organisms body related to reproduction and metabolism (eg. bears hibernating)
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Name a microorganism that lives in extremely hot places
Extremophiles
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Name two types parasitic organisms
Fleas/ Tapeworms
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Name 4 ways fleas adapt to living in hair/ fur of mammals
Sharp mouthparts/ flattened body/ hard body/ long hind (back) legs
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Name 3 ways tapeworms adapt to living in intestines of mammals
Suckers and hooks/ flattened segments for body/ thick outer cuticle
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What is STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION?

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Features of an organism's body structure (eg. shape/ colour)

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What is FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION?

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Name a microorganism that lives in extremely hot places

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