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What Is Adaptation? | Ecology & Environment | Biology | FuseSchool Learn about how organisms adapt to their habitats. \"Adapting and Living Together\" within the Ecology and Environment topic for school level biology. 00:00:06.560 --...\n
What Is Adaptation? | Ecology & Environment | Biology | FuseSchool Learn about how organisms adapt to their habitats. \"Adapting and Living Together\" within the Ecology and Environment topic for school level biology. 00:00:06.560 -- 00:00:10.860 An adaptation is a characteristic which helps an organism to survive in its environment. 00:00:11.540 -- 00:00:15.060 Plants and animals must adapt so they can compete for resources 00:00:15.060 -- 00:00:16.300 and live successfully in their habitat 00:00:17.200 -- 00:00:19.400 Some adaptations can help organisms to 00:00:19.400 -- 00:00:20.580 not get eaten 00:00:20.700 -- 00:00:22.080 hide 00:00:22.580 -- 00:00:23.800 control body temperature 00:00:23.800 -- 00:00:24.720 or prevent water loss 00:00:25.820 -- 00:00:29.920 an adaptation gives an organism a better chance of surviving in its environment 00:00:30.800 -- 00:00:32.800 A well-adapted animal is the polar bear 00:00:33.080 -- 00:00:35.480 who has many adaptations for surviving in the Arctic 00:00:36.000 -- 00:00:38.420 their white appearance camouflages them against the snow 00:00:38.740 -- 00:00:40.740 making it very hard for prey to spot them 00:00:41.100 -- 00:00:43.140 they have thick layers of fat and fur 00:00:43.300 -- 00:00:44.960 to insulate them from the cold 00:00:44.960 -- 00:00:46.680 their fur is greasy so it dries quickly after swimming 00:00:48.100 -- 00:00:50.100 they have big feet to spread their weight on the ice 00:00:50.100 -- 00:00:51.460 and to increase grip 00:00:52.520 -- 00:00:55.220 And they also have a small surface area to volume ratio 00:00:55.220 -- 00:00:56.740 to minimize heat loss 00:00:57.500 -- 00:01:00.240 Another interesting example of an adaptation 00:01:00.240 -- 00:01:02.020 is the fur of the snowshoe hare 00:01:02.120 -- 00:01:03.580 whose fur changes color 00:01:03.660 -- 00:01:05.660 It is white in the winter to hide in the snow 00:01:06.000 -- 00:01:08.440 And brown in the summer to camouflage in the grass 00:01:09.040 -- 00:01:10.840 So all you have to remember 00:01:11.000 -- 00:01:12.980 when thinking of how organisms adapt 00:01:12.980 -- 00:01:15.060 is what the organism is competing for 00:01:15.700 -- 00:01:18.080 and what would help them to survive in their environment SUBSCRIBE to the FuseSchool YouTube channel for many more educational videos. Our teachers and animators come together to make fun & easy-to-understand videos in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Maths & ICT. JOIN our platform at www.fuseschool.org These videos can be used in a flipped classroom model or as a revision aid. Find our other Biology videos here Twitter Access a deeper Learning Experience in the FuseSchool platform and app: www.fuseschool.org Follow us Friend us This Open Educational Resource is free of charge, under a Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC ( View License Deed ). You are allowed to download the video for nonprofit, educational use. If you would like to modify the video, please contact us: info@fuseschool.org\n
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