Animal Adaptations

• Anatomical adaptation

  Structural features of an organism's body that increases its chance of survival
• Types of adaptations

  • Anatomical
  • Behavioural
  • Physiological
• Types of adaptation

  • Anatomical
  • Physiological
  • Behavioural
• Anatomical adaptation


  Physical adaptations to do with the structure of an animal
• Physiological adaptation


  Changes in cellular and biochemical conditions
• Behavioural adaptation


  Adaptations to do with the behaviour of certain animals
• How surface area to volume ratio affects loss of body heat

  1. Rate of heat loss is dependent on the surface area of the organism

  2. The larger the volume of the organism, the surface area of that organism will be smaller relative to its size

  3. Heat loss from the body is harder