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| Change in an animal's physical structure or behavior that helps an animal survive in a habitat |
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| Who Experiences Adaptations? |
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| All species have experienced adaptations over the course of many generations. |
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| Adaptation: Circulatory and Excretory Systems |
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| Function: Help filter blood and remove excess ions or water (waste removal) |
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| Function: Regulate water loss in plants due to transpiration by opening (sufficient water in plant) or closing (insufficient water in plant) |
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| Function: Transports water from roots to leaves in vascular plants |
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| Function: Transports sugars made in photosynthesis from leaves/photosynthetic organ to the rest of the plant in vascular plants |
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| Function: Absorb dissolved oxygen from water into blood vessels |
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| Function: Increases surface area to increase the rate of gas exchange in lungs |
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| Adaptation: Leaf Cuticles |
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| Function: Prevent water loss from the top of leaves |
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| Function: Increase surface area to allow faster absorption of water from soil |
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| Adaptation: Chemosynthesis |
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| Function: Allow the organism to synthesize sugars without access to solar energy, using chemical energy instead |
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| Adaptation: Beak or Tooth Shape |
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| Function: Determines the food source and maximizes food collection. For example: Carnivores have sharp teeth allowing them to tear meat |
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| Adaptation: Asexual Reproduction |
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| Function: Reproduction is quick and guaranteed, and makes a copy of a successful genetic make up. |
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| Adaptation: Sexual Reproduction |
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| Function: Increases genetic variety, which allows for increased chance of population survival in a changing environment |
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| Adaptation: External Fertilization |
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| Function: Allows organism to produce a large number of offspring, increasing chances of survival of at least a few |
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| Adaptation: Internal Fertilization |
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| Function: Embryo is protected from predation and dessication (drying out), increasing the chance of survival for each embyro |
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| Function: INNATE behavior that allows organism to immediately ingest milk after birth |
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| Function: INNATE behavior that allows an organism to move to an area with greater resources during specific time periods |
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| Function: INNATE behavior that allows an organism to have decreased physical needs during a period of low environmental resources due to seasonal temperature increase |
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| Function: INNATE behavior that allows a plant to grow toward a light source, increasing chance for photosynthesis |
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| Function: LEARNED behavior that increases an attachment with a "parent", thus maximizing chance for survival and learning successful behaviors |
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| Adaptation: Classical Conditioning |
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| Function: LEARNED behavior that associates an otherwise meaningless stimulus with a certain response (Ex: Pavlov's dogs) |
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| Function: A change in an animal's behavior as a result of experience that decreases response to a constant stimulus |
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| Adaptation: Trial and Error Learning |
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| Function: Learning to repeat a behavior when a reward is received |
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