Adaptations

Front

What type of adaptation affects how an organism acts?

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Behavioral

Front

What type of adaptation affects a physical aspect of organism?

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Structural

Front

What type of adaptation affects body chemistry and metabolism?

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Physiological

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Physiological

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Structural

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Behavioral

Front

Adaptations advantageous in a hot, dry desert habitat EXCEPT:

• being active at night
• getting water from plants
• hunting other animals
• digging burrows underground

Back

hunting other animals

Front

Camels live in the desert and have wide, flat, leathery pads on the bottoms of their feet. This adaptation most likely helps them –

Back

walk on hot sand

Front

Structural adaptation for survival in a cold place:

• Layers of blubber on a whale
• Migrations of whales during mating season
• Opossums playing dead to fake out predators
• Ostriches digging their head into sand

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Layers of blubber on a whale