Question

Distinguish betweem response and adaptition

Answer 1

A response to a stimulus is a physicalresponse carried out to a certain stimulus such as insects moving away from light which is only carried out at a particular instant for an organism,Adaptation is a physical change in the phenotype or behaviour of an organism that is formed after constant exposure to a certain ...

Answer 2

The main difference between response and adaptation is that the response is how an organism reacts to a stimulus. But, adaptation is a change or the process of change by which a particular population becomes better suited to its environment in terms of natural selection. Furthermore, a response is mainly a minute change in the internal environment of an organism, and it is usually reversible while adaptation is a kind of beneficial mutation in terms of survival or reproduction and it is irreversible. Also, a response is responsible for maintaining homeostasis while an adaptation contributes to evolution through speciation.

Response and adaptation are two reactions of living beings to a particular change in the external environment. Thus, they are responsible for helping living beings to fit their external environment better.