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| + | | 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 for [[animal|animals]] to eat them. | ||
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===Adaptations of Plants=== | ===Adaptations of Plants=== | ||
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| + | | 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 [[leaf]] is the air gaps that allow the exchange of gases needed for photosynthesis and respiration. | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An [[adaptation]] of many plants is to have hard seeds which are hard shells which protect the [[offspring]] from being eaten as well as from cold or dry conditions allowing the [[offspring]] to wait for the conditions to be just right before [[germination|germinating]]. | ||
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===Adaptations of Specialised Cells=== | ===Adaptations of Specialised Cells=== | ||
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Contents
Key Stage 2
Meaning
An adaptation is a special part a living creature has that helps it survive. Sometimes an adaptation is the shape or size of certain parts of the creature.
About Adaptations
Adaptations for the Arctic and Antarctic
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| The polar bear is adapted because it has thick fur to stay warm and it has white fur to camouflage in the snow. | The arctic fox is well adapted to the arctic with thick fluffy white fur. | 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. |
Adaptations for deserts
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| The cactus has evolved the adaptation of not having any leaves. This stops them from losing water too quickly in the dry desert. | 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. | The desert fox has been adapted to have very large ears to help them cool down when it is hot. |
Adaptations for Defence
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| Hedgehogs have spikes. This adaptation make it difficult for animals to eat them. | Cactus plants have spikes. This adaptation make it difficult for animals to eat them. | 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 adaptation is a special part an organism has that helps it survive. Sometimes an adaptation is the shape or size of certain parts of the organism.
Adaptations of Animals
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| The polar bear is adapted because it has thick fur to stay warm and it has white fur to camouflage in the snow. | 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. | Hedgehogs have spikes. This adaptation make it difficult for animals to eat them. |
Adaptations of Plants
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| The cactus has evolved the adaptation of not having any leaves. This stops them from losing water too quickly in the dry desert. | An adaptation of the leaf is the air gaps that allow the exchange of gases needed for photosynthesis and respiration. | An adaptation of many plants is to have hard seeds which are hard shells which protect the offspring from being eaten as well as from cold or dry conditions allowing the offspring to wait for the conditions to be just right before germinating. |