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- 1Name the adaptations of a platypusTail to swim, bill to catch fish
- 2Name a whales adaptationsSmooth to glide through water
- 3Name the adaptations of a mushroomLarge surface are to absorb light and colourful to detract predators
- 4Name the adaptations of a cactusSpikey to avoid being eaten
- 5What do plants need?Photosynthesis
Water
Carbon dioxide
Nutrients
Reproduction - 6In order for plants to get what they need what adaptations must occur?photosynthesis=leaves containing chlorophyll
water= absorb through roots and stem
carbon dioxide= stomata (pores)
nutrients= roots in the soil
reproduction= pollen and seed production - 7What do animals need?Food
Oxygen
Reproduction
Water - 8Adaptations for animals to get what they needFood= predator to animals/plants, teeth change
O2= Adapt respiratory system to their needs
Reproduction= looks and hormones to attract a mate
Water= skin and tongue to how much they can store - 9What do microbes need?Some do/don't need water- the same with oxygen. Some are like plants some are like animals
- 10What is an extremophile?Organism that lives in an environment that is very extreme
- 11The ratio to surface area ______ as objects get biggerFALLS
- 12The _________ the surface area to volume ratio the larger the rate of energy (______________) losslarge
heat loss - 13(competition) Animals needFood, shelter, mates, water, oxygen and territory
- 14(competition) plants need:light, water, nutrients (NPK), space to grow and oxygen
- 15Summarise natural selection and survival of the fittestOnly the best will survive and breed and will be best adapted at finding all that they need
- 16(competition in plants) What do pods have?compressed outer shells that dry out to make the seeds explode out
- 17fruithard shell on the seed so that it can be digested and excreted out to disperse it.
- 18conesseeds are picked up by the wind and blown away
- 19coconutfloat in the sea and are carried to different places
- 20What do blue bells do in the winter?grow, flower, seed and die before the tree fully grows as then the tree wont take all the nutrients from the soil
- 21Why should seeds be spread as far away from parent plants as possible?To decrease competition
- 22Why do dandelions spread easily?They have winged seeds
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