adaptations

• Organisms with genetic advantages, such as mutations, that help them survive the new conditions. This is passed down through descendants and becomes common in the population. features of an Organism that allows it to survive (thrive) in its location

• an organism’s environment shapes its appearance through structural adaptations • the effect on how the Organism looks • they have physical changes of the organisms body • for example arctic foxes have small ears to retain body heat

• based on chemistry and metabolism • physiological adaptations usually don’t show from the outside • how the cells or body systems function • often cannot be seen from outside • hard to tell if it is an adaptation or it is always been there for example, efficient kidneys of kangaroo rats.

• How the Organism acts • the way an Organism reacts and responds to its surrounding environment • migration, mating, behaviour • cultural adaptations for humans (subset) for example, bears migrate to warmer waters