Question

What is adaptation? What is its importance? Explain with the help of two examples.

Answer 1

Living organisms (plants and animals) exhibit particular features that enable them to survive and thrive in their habitats. Such features are known as adaptations. Two examples of adaptation are:

1. To prevent water loss from leaves by transpiration in the hot climates of deserts, cacti have leaves modified into spines.
2. Animals living in extremely cold climates, such as polar bears have thick coats of fur and large deposits of fat to insulate them against the cold.