Adaptations

• Habitat


  Includes living (biotic) factors like competition, predation and non-living (abiotic) factors like temperature, humidity, salinity
• Structural adaptations


  • Any features in the animal's structure that help it survive
• Structural adaptations for humans

  • Opposable thumb allowing the gripping of things
  • Enlarged skull for more thinking capabilities
  • Bone structure for walking on two feet
• Functional/Physiological adaptations


  Bodily processes or systems that are closely related to structural adaptations
• Functional/Physiological adaptations


  • Sweating to evaporate and carry away heat to cool down
  • Chameleons changing colour to blend into environment and avoid predators/prey
• Behavioural adaptations


  Specific things that an organism does that benefits its survival
• Behavioural adaptations


  • Bears hibernating during winter months to avoid cold weather and lack of food