What are the three types of animal and plant adaptions?
Anatomical, Behavioural, Physiological.
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Can you name three examples of extremophiles?
High temperatures, High concentrations of salt water, high pressures.
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Can you name 3 animal adaptions in a desert?
Decreased surface area, fat loss, large flat feet.
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Can you name 1 plant adaption in the desert?
Longer roots to collect more water.
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Can you name 4 factors affecting evolution?
Predators, Competition, Disease, Poor adaptions.
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What is ment by competition between animals?
When there is a competition between two animals to survive. e.g giraffes with a longer neck are likely to live longer because they can reach more food.
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How is a Fish adapted to living in the sea?
It has grown gills to allow it to breathe in the water, it has also grown fins to allow it to swim faster away from predators.
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What do plants compete for against other plants?
Light, space and water
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Who had the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin.
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Why did people not believe his theory?
His did not have sufficient evidence, also people thought that we were far to superior to have evolved from chimps.
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What is ment by survival of the fittest?
The animal or plant which is best adapted to the surroundings will survive the longest.
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Can you name three examples of extremophiles?
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High temperatures, High concentrations of salt water, high pressures.
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