Zusammenfassung der Ressource
B1.4 - Adapt and
survive
- To survive and reproduce, organisms require a supply of materials from their
surroundings and from other organisms living there.
- Plants often compete with each
other for light and space, and for
water and nutrients from the soil.
- Animals often compete with each other
for food, mates and territory.
- Organisms, including microorganisms, have
features (adaptations) that enable them to
survive in the conditions they normally live
- Animals may be adapted to survive in cold
places by having thick fur, small surface
area to volume ratio, layers of body fat etc.
- Plants may be adapted to living in dry places by
reducing the surface area of leaves, storing
water in tissues, having extensive roots.
- Changes to environment affect the distribution of
living organisms for example changes in numbers of
different bird species and reduction in bee
population.