Adaptations | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Which is the best description of this polar environment?
- It is cold, windy, dry, has cool summers and very cold winters. ✓
- It is cold, windy, wet, and has warm summers and a long winter.
- It is cold, dry and has warm summers and very cold winters.
Which is the best description of this desert environment?
- Dry, little rainfall, some plants and hot all the time.
- Dry, little rainfall, very few plants and has extreme temperatures. ✓
- Dry, little rainfall, some plants, no animals and hot all the time.
True or false? A habitat is the place where an organism lives. It must provide food, shelter and a place to reproduce.
- True ✓
- False
What of the following would not cause a habitat to change?
- Earthquake
- Pollution
- Deforestation
- The Moon ✓
- Climate change
What is photosynthesis?
- The process by which plants reproduce.
- The process by which plants make their own food. ✓
- The process by which plants are consumed by other organisms.
An ______ is a feature that organisms have to help them live in a particular place.
- 'adaptation' ✓

What is the name given to the features that help organisms to live in a particular place?
- 'Adaptations' ✓
Which one of these is not an adaptation of a shark?
- It has gills so it can breathe underwater.
- It has eyes on the side of its head to give it a good field of vision.
- It has a dorsal fin for temperature regulation. ✓
- It has a streamlined body to help it swim fast.
- Camouflaged body to help it hunt.
What word describes organisms that blend in with their surrounding?
- 'camouflage' ✓
What adaptations might a mammal in the Arctic have?
- small ears ✓
- white fur ✓
- greasy fur ✓
- thick fur ✓
- long thin legs
Which of the following are adaptations that a cactus might have?
- Swollen stem to store water. ✓
- Large leaves to maximise photosynthesis.
- Long roots help to get water from deep underground. ✓
- Large stem to obtain light for photosynthesis.
- Shallow roots to help the plant to obtain water from dew. ✓
Which features might a plant living on a rainforest floor have?
- Spines instead of leaves to reduce water loss.
- Broad leaves to maximise sunlight absorption for photosynthesis. ✓
- Long roots help to get water deep from underground.
- One large stem to store water.

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Species have features which make them well suited to survive in their environment.
These features are called adaptations.
Examples of adaptations of particular species of animals and plants.
How particular adaptations provide an advantage in the environment in which the species lives.

As students struggle to remember that plants are alive, they don't think of plants as being adapted to their surroundings.

This lesson gives many examples of the adaptations plants have which help them to thrive in their environments.

Adaptation - An adaptation is a feature that organisms have to help them live in a particular place and survive.
Camouflage - Camouflage is a strategy that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually by blending in with their surroundings.
Photosynthesis - Producers make their own food using a series of chemical reactions called photosynthesis.