adaptations

• Structural adaptations


  • Physical features of an organism, like shape or colour
• Structural adaptations


  • Seals and walruses having a rounded shape and thick fat to conserve body heat
  • Seals and walruses having a grey-brown colour to camouflage from predators
• Behavioral adaptations


  • The way an organism behaves or acts
• Behavioral adaptations


  • Elephants flapping their ears and spraying themselves with water to cool down
  • Swallows and other birds migrating to warmer countries in winter to avoid cold and lack of food
• Functional adaptations


  • Processes going on inside an organism's body, like metabolism or reproductive system
• Functional adaptations


  • Desert animals conserving water by producing little sweat and concentrated urine
  • Camels accumulating fat in humps to release water later
• Extremophiles are microorganisms adapted to live in extreme environments
• Extremophiles


  • Living in hot springs at high temperatures
  • Living in salt lakes at high salt concentrations
  • Living at high pressures in deep sea vents
• In 2017, astronauts found bacteria on the outside of the International Space Station