Question

13.Differentiate adaptation and acclimatization ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Adaptation is the heritable modification in structure or function that increase fitness of the organism in stressful environment. Acclimation is the non heritable physiological modification that occur over the life of an organism.

Answer 2

Answer:

Adaptation :

• Adaptation is centered on an organism's ability to change its physical and chemical make up to adjust to its habitat.
• This takes a long time to achieve and usually affects the whole group to which it belongs.

Acclimation :

• Acclimation is a form of adaptation that an organism undergoes when tracclimation describes a specific process.
• The biological changes an animal or plant makes in response to a change, like trees' acclimation to an increase in carbon dioxideansferred to a different habitat.