Adaptations - Unit 3 7th grade Honors

A behavioral adaptation

• controls how the organism acts

• based on body chemistry

• physical apperance

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A structural adaptation

• physical appearance

• controls how an organism acts

• based on body chemistry and metabolism

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A physiological adaptation is....

• physical appearance

• controls how an organism acts

• based on body chemistry and metabolism

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An example of a structural adaptation is...

• Birds having hollow bones that help them fly

• bears hibernating during the winter months

• Flowers that only bloom at night

External stimuli (signal) is....

• a stimulus that originates from outside the organism

• a stimulus that happens inside the organism

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Internal stimulus (signal) is...

• a stimulus that originates outside an organism

• a stimulus that happens inside an organism

You have a stomachache due to a stomach virus. Is this internal or external stimulus?

You pet your dog when it is sleeping and it wags its tail. Is this internal or external stimulus?

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You notice a honey badger is eating your fruit/berry salad on your African safari. As you go to grab your food away from it, the honey badger growls! Are you creating an internal or external stimulus?

Your plant begins to wilt since you forgot to water it and stopped growing because it needed more nutritious soil. Is this an internal or external response?

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