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: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Adaptation''': Plural [[Noun]]: '''Adaptations''': [[Verb]]: '''To adapt''': [[Adjective]]: '''Adapted''' ==Examples of =About Adaptations===: '''Adaptations''' allow organisms to survive in their [[habitat]]s.: '''Adaptations''' are caused by [[evolution]]. ===Adaptations for the arcticArctic and Antarctic===*Some {||[[animalFile:PolarBear.png|animalscenter|300px]] have | style="padding: 10px; height:20px; width:300px; text-align:left;" |The polar bear is '''adapted''' because it has thick fur to stay warm and it has white fur to camouflage in the snow.|-|[[furFile:ArcticFox.png|center|300px]], | style="padding: 10px; height:20px; width:300px; text-align:left;" |The arctic fox is well '''adapted''' to the arctic with thick fluffy white fur.|-|[[feathersFile:Penguin.png|center|300px]] or a large amount | style="padding: 10px; height:20px; width:300px; text-align:left;" |An '''adaptation''' of [[fat]]penguins is thick fluffy feathers to keep warm. These adaptations Penguins do not need to help be camouflaged with white feathers because there are few predators to hunt them keep warm.*Some |}   {| class="wikitable"|-|[[animalFile:PolarBear.png|center|animals200px]] have white |[[furFile:ArcticFox.png|center|200px]] or white |[[feathers]]File:Penguin. These adaptations help them remain [[camouflagepng|center|camouflaged200px]] |-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The polar bear is '''adapted''' because it has thick fur to stay warm and it has white fur to camouflage in the snow.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The arctic fox is well '''adapted''' to the arctic with thick fluffy white fur.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An '''adaptation''' of penguins is thick fluffy feathers to keep warm. Penguins do not need to be camouflaged with white feathers because there are few predators to hunt them.|} 

*Cactus {| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:CactusSaguaro.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Camel.png|center|200px]]|[[plantFile:DesertFox.png|plantscenter|200px]] do |-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The cactus has evolved the '''adaptation''' of not having any leaves. This stops them from losing water too quickly in the dry desert.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An '''adaptation''' of camels for the desert is the hump on their back which stores food because there is not much to eat in the desert.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The desert fox has been '''adapted''' to have very large ears to help them cool down when it is hot.|} ===Adaptations for Defence==={| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:Hedgehog.png|center|200px]]|[[File:CactusSaguaro.png|center|200px]]|[[leafFile:OctopusInk.png|center|leaves200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Hedgehogs have spikes. This '''adaptation gives them a small ''' make it difficult for [[surface areaanimal|animals]] so they do not lose water easilyto eat them.*Some | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Cactus plants have spikes. This '''adaptation''' make it difficult for [[animal|animals]] in to eat them.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Octopuses and squid spray ink when they are being attacked. This '''adaptation''' makes it difficult for the [[predator]] to see them when the swim away.|} ==Key Stage 3=====Meaning===An [[desertadaptation]] do not is a special part an [[sweatorganism]] even though has that helps it is hotsurvive in its [[habitat]]. This Sometimes an [[adaptation stops them from losing water]] is the shape or size of certain parts of the [[organism]]. ===Adaptations for defenceof Animals==={| class="wikitable"*Cactus |-|[[File:PolarBear.png|center|200px]]|[[plantFile:Camel.png|center|plants200px]] and |[[hedgehogsFile:Hedgehog.png|center|200px]] |-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The polar bear is '''adapted''' because it has thick fur to stay warm and it has white fur to camouflage in the snow.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An '''adaptation''' of camels for the desert is the hump on their back which stores food because there is not much to eat in the desert.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Hedgehogs have spikes. This '''adaptation ''' make it difficult to for [[animal|animals]] to eat them.*|} ===Adaptations of Plants==={| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:CactusSaguaro.png|center|200px]]|[[File:LeafCrossSection.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Acorn.png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The cactus has evolved the '''adaptation''' of not having any leaves. This stops them from losing water too quickly in the dry desert.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An '''adaptation''' of the [[Octopusesleaf]] is the air gaps that allow the exchange of gases needed for photosynthesis and respiration.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An [[squidadaptation]] spray ink when they of many plants is to have hard seeds which are shells which protect the [[offspring]] from being attackedeaten as well as from cold or dry conditions allowing the [[offspring]] to wait for the conditions to be just right before [[germination|germinating]].|} ===Adaptations of Specialised Cells==={| class="wikitable"|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Muscle Cell]]'''| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Sperm Cell]]'''| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Palisade Cell]]'''| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Root Hair Cell]]'''|-|[[File:MuscleCellClipart.png|center|200px]]|[[File:SpermCellClipart.png|center|200px]]|[[File:PalisadeCellClipart.png|center|200px]]|[[File:RootHairCellClipart. png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] is '''adapted''' with muscle fibres that allow it to get shorter and longer and extra [[mitochondria]] to power the movement.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The [[adaptation makes it difficult ]]s of the [[Sperm Cell|sperm cell]] are a tail for swimming, extra [[mitochondria]] to provide energy for movement and [[enzyme]]s in the head to break through the jelly coating on an [[ovum]].| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The [[Palisade Cell|palisade cell]] is '''adapted''' with an elongated shape and extra [[predatorchloroplast]] s to see collect as much light as possible to power [[photosynthesis]].| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] is '''adapted''' with a long root hair to increase its [[Surface Area|surface area]] so it can [[Absorb (biology)|absorb]] [[water]] and [[mineral]]s quickly.|} ==Key Stage 4=====Meaning===[[Adaptation]]s are features of an [[organism]] that help it survive within its [[ecosystem]] or features of [[Specialised Cell|specialised cells]] which allow them to perform a specific job within an [[organism]]. ===About Adaptations===: [[Adaptation]]s [[Evolution|evolve]] over many generations. ===Examples==={| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:DesertFox.png|center|400px]]|[[File:ArcticFox.png|center|400px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |'''Adaptations''' of the desert fox:*Thin fur - Allows it to cool down more quickly.*Large ears - Allow the fox to lose [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy]] through [[Blood Vessel|blood vessels]] in the [[ear]]s.*Large surface area compared to volume - Provides a greater area for [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy]] to escape.*[[Nocturnal]] - The desert fox sleeps during the day and comes out at night when it is cooler.*Sand coloured fur - To camouflage the swim awaydesert fox when it is hunting. | style=Used "height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |'''Adaptations''' of the arctic fox:*Thick fur - Insulates the fox to keep warm.*Small ears - To prevent the loss of [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy]] through [[Blood Vessel|blood vessels]] in the [[ear]]s.*Small surface area compared to volume - The rounded shape provides a sentence=smaller area for [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy]] to escape.*White coloured fur - To camouflage the desert fox when it is an adaptation hunting.|} ===References=======AQA====:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f9 ''Adaptation; 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