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Adapting to survive Adaptation: The process helps living organisms to survive in the environment where they live. Habitat: the area where the living organism lives Types of adaptation Structural (physical) behavioral adaptat...

Adapting to survive Adaptation: The process helps living organisms to survive in the environment where they live. Habitat: the area where the living organism lives Types of adaptation Structural (physical) behavioral adaptation adaptation Adaptation related to the body Change in the behaviors or acts of structure of living organism. living organism. Ex, Ex, 1-Thorns in plants 1-bird migration 2- thick fur of polar bear 2- growth of some plants toward light Miss. Kholoud Ahmed 01158479276 Bird migration Repeated cycle where a group of animals move from their habitat to another place seasonally and return back again to their environment.  Red sea and Nile river are important stopover for migratory bird Due to  Moderate winter climate.  Red sea contains different environments Steppe eagle Marine environment--coastal environment--mountain environment  Challenges face the migratory birds  Extreme weather  Shortage of water and food  Predators  Limited resting site shelter habitat Basic needs Food water Miss. Kholoud Ahmed 01158479276  environmental factors avaliablity of water avaliablity of light habitat size genetic factors the body size animal the color of fur the length of plant Dorcas gazelle:  Lives in desert and semidesert areas  Genetic factors help it to survive o The body color helps it to adapt in desert. o Does not drink water for several months. Genetic factors: are inherited traits transfer from the parents to offspring. Miss. Kholoud Ahmed 01158479276 Emperor penguin  Lives in Antarctic  It has thick dense feathers and fats; to keep its body warm African penguin  Lives in the coast of south Africa  Around the eyes circle of skin has no feathers; to cool its body in hot climate. desert lizard it has sandy-colorful scales to hide among rocks. poison dart frog it lives in tropical rain forest poisonous colorful skin; to hide from enemies& protect from predators arctic fox thick white fur to warm its body. Miss. Kholoud Ahmed 01158479276  Plants in desert ex: cactus, palm, opuntia  they have short extended root; to absorb any available water.  Long roots; to absorb the ground water.  Thick leaves and stem; to store water.  Thorns; to keep away herbivores. Desert Is the most extreme environment on the earth. It may be hot or cold. Antarctica is a cold desert Genetic factor (inherited traits) helps the plants in desert to survive in extreme hot weather and little rainfall and become stronger than their parents. Miss. Kholoud Ahmed 01158479276 Gene Tiny structure inside the cell nucleus of the living organisms body that carries the inherited traits. Transfer from the parent to offspring. Ecosystem: Area of land contains biotic and abiotic factors interact with each other. Biotic factors Abiotic factors Living organisms Non-living things Such as: plants - animals Such as: air-water-light-soil Arctic ecosystem Caribou feeds on grasses and the wolves hunt the caribou. Miss. Kholoud Ahmed 01158479276  The abiotic factors affect the growth of biotic factors Ex: the intensity and amount(quantity) of light effect on the plant. Duration of light: is the amount of time the plant exposed to the light Some plants grow and produce fruits when the day is longer than the night. Some other plants produce flowers when the day is shorter than the night. Such as: chrysanthemum plant If light is too intense, it may cause burning and drying the plant. Inherited traits (genetic factor) Offspring inherit the appearance from their parents. sphynx cat Birman cat doesnot have long silky colored hair hair Miss. Kholoud Ahmed 01158479276 Human growth affected by life style environmental genetic choices factors factors depends on do not have earlobe hang your habits the ability to how tall bad habits control length of your (smoking- soda clean fingers. drinking environment , good habits positive effect. (healthy food saintation services not available causes diseases ----------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Miss. Kholoud Ahmed 01158479276