An adaptation is a feature that enhances the survival and long-term reproductive success of an organism
Adaptations help organisms cope with environmental stresses - selection pressures:
Find food and water
Defend itself from predators
Survive physical conditions - temperature changes
Respond to environmental changes
Reproduce successfully
We can separate adaptations three different categories; Behavioural, Anatomical, Physiological
Behavioural adaptations can be a combination of both innate - inherited though genes ( spiders building webs) and learned behaviour - observing other animals ( using tools)
Behavioural adaptations examples
Survival (Possums playing dead and Earthworm contracting)
Courtship ( scorpions dancing)
Seasonal (migration, hibernation)
Anatomical Adaptation Examples:
Body covering (feathers, hair, scales, etc)
Colour (camouflage)
Teeth (for the diet)
Mimicry (copying another animal’s appearance to warn of predators)
Physiological (processes that take place inside an organism) adaptation examples:
