Answer to Question #206463 in Biology for lamya

Question

Match the type of adaptation to each organism description below. Terms may be used more than once. 

1. Structural Adaptation   

2. Behavioural Adaptation  

3. Physiological Adaptation

 

___ The long legs of a moose allow it to step over fallen trees and dense bushes as it browses in the summer and step through deep snow in the winter. (Record your choice in the first blank.)

___ Leaves have pointed tips that slope downward. These "drip tips" allow water to run off the leaves so that the leaves do not stay wet and become mouldy. (Record your choice in the second blank.)

___ The black turkey vulture, which heats up excessively during the day, excretes urine on its legs, thus cooling itself by evaporation. At night, it fluffs up its feathers to keep itself warm. (Record your choice in the third blank.)

___ Four chambered stomachs of ruminants allow them to obtain nutrients from plant fibres.

Answer 1

1. Structural Adaptation. The long legs of a moose allow it to step over fallen trees and dense bushes as it browses in the summer and step through deep snow in the winter.

2. Structural Adaptation. Leaves have pointed tips that slope downward. These "drip tips" allow water to run off the leaves so that the leaves do not stay wet and become mouldy.

3. Physiological Adaptation. The black turkey vulture, which heats up excessively during the day, excretes urine on its legs, thus cooling itself by evaporation. At night, it fluffs up its feathers to keep itself warm.

4. Physiological Adaptation. Four chambered stomachs of ruminants allow them to obtain nutrients from plant fibres.