Question

2 Why do adaptations take place over thousands of years? How are these different from
acclimatisation?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Organisms show adaptation according to their habitat. ... While adaptations are a result of changes over thousands of years, acclimatization is the result of short term changes. Adaptations keep on happening in many living beings; in response to changes in the environment.

Answer 2

Answer:

ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴀᴅᴀᴘᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛ ᴏғ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴏᴜsᴀɴᴅs ᴏғ ʏᴇᴀʀs, ᴀᴄᴄʟɪᴍᴀᴛɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛ ᴏғ sʜᴏʀᴛ ᴛᴇʀᴍ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs. ᴀᴅᴀᴘᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴏɴ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴍᴀɴʏ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ʙᴇɪɴɢs; ɪɴ ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜsᴇғᴜʟ ᴀᴅᴀᴘᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ғᴀɪʟ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴅᴀᴘᴛ ᴘᴇʀɪsʜ.