All organisms have adaptations that help them survive and thrive. Some adaptations are structural. Structural adaptations are physical features of an organism like the bill on a bird or the fur on a bear. Other adaptations are behavioral. Behavioral adaptations are the things organisms do to survive.
Benchmarks: Knows that an organism s patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism s environment (e.g., kinds and numbers of other organisms present; availability of food and resources; physical characteristics of the environment).  Animal and plant adaptations and behaviours. Adaptations help organisms survive in their ecological niche or habitat; adaptations can be anatomical, behavioural or physiological. Anatomical adaptations are physical features such as an animals shape. Behavioural adaptations can be inherited or learnt and include tool use, language and swarming behaviour. Physiological adaptations include the ability to make venom; but also more general functions such as temperature regulation. Adaptation is, first of all, a process, rather than a part of a body. An internal parasite (such as a liver fluke) can illustrate the distinction: such a parasite may have a very simple bodily structure, but nevertheless the organism is highly adapted to its specific environment.  (From NatureWorks-http://www.nhptv.org/Natureworks/nwep1.htm) Structural and Behavioral Adaptations All organisms have adaptations that help them survive and thrive. Some adaptations are structural. Structural adaptations are physical features of an organism like the bill on a bird or the fur on a bear. The size of the habitat depends on the organism s needs. A niche is the function that an organism performs in the food web of that community. A niche also includes everything else the organism does and needs in its environment. No two types of organisms occupy the exact same niche in a Structural (or morphological) adaptations are the physical features of the organism. These include things you can see, like its shape or body covering, as well as its internal organisation. Following are a few of the ways that marine organisms have adapted their physical features to suit a particular habitat. This occurs because individuals with these traits are better adapted to the environment and therefore more likely to survive and breed. Adaptation is also a common term to describe these helpful or adaptive traits. In other words, an adaptation is a feature of an organism that enables it to live in a particular habitat. All organisms have adaptations that help them survive and thrive. Some adaptations are structural. Structural adaptations are physical features of an organism like the bill on a bird or the fur on a bear. Other adaptations are behavioral. Behavioral adaptations are the things organisms do to survive. For example, bird calls and migration are behavioral adaptations. Adaptations are the result of evolution. Evolution is a change in a species over long periods of time Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met. (K-4) Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, reproduction. (K-4) An organism's behavior patterns are related to the nature of that organism's environment. . . When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others die or move to new locations. (K-4). An organism's behavior evolves through adaptation to its environment. How a species moves, obtains food, reproduces, and responds to danger are based in the species' evolutionary history. (5-8). Humans change environments in ways that can be either beneficial or detrimental for themselves and other organisms. When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others die or move to new locations. (K-4) An organism's behavior evolves through adaptation to its environment. How a species moves, obtains food, reproduces, and responds to danger are based in the species' evolutionary history.
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