Key Terms

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Chapter: 08. Adaptation

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Habitat: A place where an organism lives and breeds.

Abiotic Components: The physical features of a habitat such as air, water, temperature, light, soil, and rock.

Biotic Components: The living components of a habitat, including plants, animals, and microbes.

Hydrophytes: Plants growing in water or aquatic habitats.

Mesophytes: Land plants which need a moderate amount of water.

Xerophytes: Plants growing in dry conditions or deserts.

Aerial Creatures: Insects, birds, and bats which have wings to fly.

Adaptation: The process of change or adjustment by which an organism becomes better suited to its environment.

Adaptive features / Adaptive traits: The special features that enable plants and animals to be successful in a particular environment.

Free-floating plants: Aquatic plants whose roots do not reach the soil on the waterbed and float freely on the surface of water.

Fixed-floating plants: Aquatic plants that have long roots rooted to the soil on the waterbed, with the rest floating on the surface of water.

Streamlined body: A boat-shaped body that tapers at both ends, offering least resistance while moving.

Air bladder: A structure in fishes which contains air and provides buoyancy to them.

Nocturnal: Animals that are active at night.

Succulent: A fleshy part of a plant that stores water.

Conifers: Mountain plants that are usually tall and straight trees, having a cone-shaped appearance.

Pneumatic bones: Bones in birds that are hollow and have air cavities, making the body light for flight.

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