Adaptation

A biological adaptation is an anatoakemical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait of an organism that has evolved over a period of time by the process of natural selection such that it increases the expected long-term reproductive success of the organism.

Related Topics:
Biological - Evolved - Natural selection

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Organisms that are adapted to their environment are able to:

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• get air, water, food and nutrients
• cope with physical conditions such as temperature, light and heat
• defend themselves from their natural enemies
• reproduce
• respond to changes around it

Adaptions are the way living organisms cope with enviromental stresses and pressures. One common form of the physical Adaptation involves acclimatization. Acclimatization becomes able to exist in its brand new enviroment. Adaptation can be structural or behavioural too. Structural adaptations are special body parts of an organism that help it to survive in its natural habitat, for example, its skin colour, shape and body covering. Behavioural adaptations are special ways an particular organism behaves to survive in its natural habitat. Organisms that are not suitably adapted to their environment will either have to move out of the habitat or die out.

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