Difference between Acclimatisation and Adaptation
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Acclimatisation |
Adaptation |
1. |
A short term adjustment or temporary adjustment shown by living organisms to the changing environment is called as Acclimatisation. | A long term adjustment or permanent adjustment shown by living organisms to changing environment is called as Adaptation |
2. | Acclimatisation is irreversible and temporary. |
Adaptation is reversible and permanent. |
3. |
Acclimatisation can occur within the life time of an organism. | Adaptation can occur over many generations. |
4. | Acclimatisation takes a short time to appear. |
Adaptation takes a long time to appear. |
5. |
Only physical change occurs in an organism in acclimatisation. | Both the physical and chemical change occurs in an organism in adaptation. |
6. | Acclimatisation mainly allows organisms to adjust their physical, biochemical, morphological and behavioural in response changes in their environment. |
Adaptation mainly allows to fit organisms in their environment through enhancing their evolutionary fitness. |
7. |
Acclimatisation takes place in individual organisms. | Adaptation takes place either in population or species. |
8. | Acclimatisation occurs when an organism gets the use of new environment due to migration. |
Adaptation broadly applies to population or species as an important part of their evolutionary fitness. |