Peng Kee's Adaptation

Extreme Physical condition

Obtain air in water

Movement

Adaptation in the dark

Obtain enough sun light

To catch prey

Escape from predators

Reproduce

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Obtain enough water

Protect themselves from high temperatures

Reduce water loss

Rodent

Jackrabbit and fennec fox

Snake,rodent,foxes

Sleep during the day,hunt only at night when the temperature drops

Block the entrance of their burrows with soil o keep hot winds out

Large ears

Kangaroo rat

Desert tortiose

Camel

Can live without water for many weeks and drink up 100 litres at on drinking session

Obtain water by eating seeds

Dig shallow pits to catch water when expecting rainfall

Large number of blood vessels

Greater body surface area

Lose heat faster

Cactus

Swollen stem to store water

Round-tailed ground squirrel

Rodent

Cactus

Slow down life processes to conserve water and energy

Specialised organ in the nose

Thick waxing coating,reduced leaf size to spines

Absorb moisture out of their exhaled air

Prevent excessive water loss

Cold Enviroment

Hot enviroment

Keep warm

Obtain enough food

Movement

Avoid or defend against predator

large furry feet or having smooth streamlined shape

Layer of fat ,short body parts,thick layers of fur,short and hairy parts

Eat large amounts of food

Swarming behaviour or fur that can blend in in the snowy back ground

Have to carry out respiration

Land animals can breath in oxygen in the air

Aquatic animals can either breath in oxygen from the air or dissolved oxygen

Structural adaptation

Gills

Breathing tubes

Gill chambers

Using air bubbles

Special Nosrtils

Thin layer of wet skin

Blowholes

On top of their head

Help them breath when they are near the surface of the water

At the tip of their snouts or heads that are closed when underwater

Weddell seal and snowshoe hare

Arctic fox and polar bear

whale,dolphin

Store water and jeep the gills wet all the time

Crocodile and alligators

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