Question

(ii) Animals and plants have certain features which make them to survive in a particular habitat. This is called
(a) adaptation
(b) speciation
(c) specialisation
(d) evolution

Answer 1

This is called (a) adaptation.

• Adaptation can be described as the specific characteristics which allow an organism to exist in a particular environment.
• It is due to the adaptation of an organism that one environment which is favorable to an organism might not be favorable for the existence of another organism.
• For example, camels have an adaptation of storing water which allow it to survive in a desert environment. However, other organisms such as humans do not have this adaptation and cannot survive in a desert environment for long.

Hence, the correct option is (a) adaptation.