Unit 2 Bio 10A/B Adaptations to Hot/Cold

Biotic factors

• are not considered when describing an environment

• describe the effect of other living things on an individual

• include only the effects of bacterial, protozoan, and archean life forms

• describe the effects of temperature, water, and nutrient availability on an organism

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A structural adaptation

• refers to evolved changes in the shape and size of an animal to environmental factors

• can only be an adaptation to abiotic factors and not biotic factors

• would not describe the thickness of a mammal’s fur

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Categorise the adaptation

A modification to red blood cells which enables a resistance to the malarial parasite

• Structual

• Physiological

• Behavioural

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Categorise the adaptation

Wombats have evolved long claws which are necessary to dig burrows

• Structual

• Physiological

• Behavioural

Categorise the adaptation

Possums have a fine-tuned flight response, and will often flee at the first sign of danger

• Structual

• Physiological

• Behavioural

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Categorise the adaptation

When hot, many birds will begin to pant, which reduces their temperature via evaporative cooling

• Structual

• Physiological

• Behavioural

Susan was attempting to characterise the environmental conditions which may affect amphibians living in a tropical rainforest. She identified high humidity as a potential influence. High humidity is

• a biotic influence

• an abiotic influence

• a symbiotic influence

• an aerobiotic influence

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Which of the following provides the strongest evidence that the bearded dragon is adapted to a hot and arid environment?

• a spiky epidermis

• sharp claws on toes

• light coloured scales

• a frill that makes the lizard appear larger

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A lower SA:V in a cold environment would

• increase heat released to the environment

• decrease heat released to the environment.

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An animal curling up to reduce its exposed surface area is an example of a

• physiological adaptation

• behavioural adaptation

• structural adaptation