2. What is adaptation?
It is the ability of an animal to adjust and
survive where it lives because of its traits.
Types of adaptation:
Structural – relating to an organism’s shape,
size or structure
Behavioural – relating to how an organism acts
Functional – relating to an organism’s
chemical processes
3. Type of adaptation: Structural
Adaptation: Dense woolly
coat, long and sharp
claws, opposable thumbs.
How it survives in it’s
habitat: The koala has dense
woolly coat to protect them
from hot and cold
conditions, also the coat is
water resistant. The
long, sharp claws are for
climbing trees easily. The
opposable thumbs are easier to
4. Type of adaptation:
Structural
Adaptation: Tiny woolly
hairs, sturdy stem.
How it survives in it’s
habitat: The tiny woolly
hairs is to help with
predators because it tastes
weird. This woolly hairs
also hold water to help with
the dry Australian climate.