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What are adaptations? |
Ways in which living things become more suited to survival in environment. They start as mutations. The mutations are passed along genetically and if they aid survival they are adaptations |
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What are the types of adaptations? |
Structural Functional Behavioural |
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What are structural adaptations? |
Shape Size parts of body |
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What are functional adaptations? |
How body works |
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What are behavioural adaptations? |
How organism behaves |
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What is the differene between functional and behavioural adaptations? |
Behavioural adaptations are conscious choices |
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What is the difference between adaptations and mutations? |
A mutation does not necessarily benefit survival but if it does help the organism survive it is an adaptation. |
