4.7.1.4 adaptations

• what are adaptations?

  living organisms that have special features that make it possible for them to survive in their particular habitat
• what are extremophiles?

  organisms that survive and reproduce in the most difficult conditions
• what is an example of an extremophile?

  bacteria living in deep sea vents
• what are the three types of adaptations?

  behavioral, structural, functional
• what are behavioural adaptations?

  adaptations that involve the way an organism can behave/act
• what are structural adaptations?

  adaptations that involve the physical features - eg. shape or colour
• what are functional adaptations?

  adaptations that involve processes inside an organisms body