Question

Define the terms.
(i) Adaptation
(ii) Allen’s rule.
(iii) Commensalism

Answer 1

1) adaptation ↔something produced by adapting: an adaptation of a play for television. Biology . any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment.

2)Allen's rule. ↔ The principle holding that in a warm-blooded animal species having distinct geographic populations, the limbs, ears, and other appendages of the animals living in cold climates tend to be shorter than in animals of the same species living in warm climate

3)A bird nesting in a tree is an example of commensalism. Licensed from iStockPhoto. noun. The definition of commensalism is a relationship between two organisms where one is helped and the other is unaffected.

Answer 2

1) adaptation ↔something produced by adapting: an adaptation of a play for television. Biology . any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment.

2)Allen's rule. ↔ The principle holding that in a warm-blooded animal species having distinct geographic populations, the limbs, ears, and other appendages of the animals living in cold climates tend to be shorter than in animals of the same species living in warm climate

3)A bird nesting in a tree is an example of commensalism. Licensed from iStockPhoto. noun. The definition of commensalism is a relationship between two organisms where one is helped and the other is unaffected.