Adaptations

• Adaptations allow organisms to survive
• Organisms are adapted to live in different environmental conditions. The features or characteristics that allow them to do this are called adaptations.
• Morphological adaptation


  Features of an organism's body structure - such as shape or colour
• Artic fox - morphological adaptations

  • white fur so their camouflaged against snow
  • to retain heat they have a thick layer of body fat and thick fur and a relatively large body mass.
• Fennec fox - morphological adaptations

  They live in hot places so have adaptations to loose heat:

  • thin layer of body fat
  • large ears which give them a large surface area compared to volume
• Behavioural adaptations

  Ways that an organism behaves
• Antelope - behavioural adaptation

  • lives in groups. This means that there are more eyes to look out for predators, which increase chance of survival.
• Birds - behavioural adaptation

  • migrate to warmer climates during the winter to avoid cold conditions