Climate and Adaptation

  • What is adaptation ?

We study about climate ,now we have to study that’s whats the meaning of adaptation and it’s relation with climate .

The changes modified by an living organism with respect to the structure , function and behaviour is known as adaptation.Animal is adapted changes for the survival purpose .

For example ;We take an  example of two snakes i.e green snake and yellow snake ,the green snake live on trees and forest on the other hand the yellow snake live in desert .The green snake protect themselves from predators as they hide in green leaves with the help of its colour as same as the yellow snake hide in sand .Each region animals have adapted their special features according to their climate .

Adaptation of animal of different region :

There are various regions are their on our earth with different climate i.e polar region , tropical region , tropical rainforest .

1.) Polar region :

Polar regions are the poles of earth i.e north and south pole .This regions are extremely cold and snowy .Many animals live in this region ex ;fishes ,musk , reindeer ,foxes ,seals , whales , birds ,etc.

We will see what characters did  penguin and polar bear adapted ,

a) Polar bear :The polar bear have double layer of fur to survive in extreme cold and it have white colour to hide from enemy and for the hunting of food .It’s paws are specially help it for swimming .It has very strong sense of smell to find out food .

b) Penguin :The penguin has thick layer of skin and fat on body to survive in severe cold .They have special beak to caught the fishes .they are partially white and partially black for the purpose of hiding and hunting .They have fin like wings to swim easily .They gather at one place for safety and keep warm .

2.) Topical rainforest region :

Tropical rainforest region is humid and wet region .It is dense with tress ,plants and water so there are enormous variety of living organism survive in the region and for survival they adapts special features in them.ex; gorillas , tiger , elephant ,frogs , birds, lizards , squirrel , snakes , insects ,lions etc .Here, different animal adapts different characters to survive in this area likewise ,

a) The red eye frog live on tree which has sticky paws to climb on it .

b) The toucan bird has special beak for feeding as in rainforest the tress are very dense .

c) Monkey has long tail and to reach their food .

d) The elephant has tusk to tear barks of tress and has long trunk to reach towards food .They have huge ears which help them to sense sound and which help them to keep cool in hot , humid region.

Question based on topic :

1) What is adaptation ?

2) Explain the adaptation of animal in different region .

3) What is polar region?Give the example of an animal live in polar region .

4) What is tropical rainforest region ?

5) Give an example of an animal which live in tropical rainforest region .

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