AQA GCSE Biology · 8461
Specification 4.2.3.2, 4.6.3.1, 4.6.3.6, 4.7.1.1, 4.7.1.4, 4.7.3.5, 4.8 · Paper 1, Paper 2
A feature that helps a cell, tissue or organism perform a particular function effectively.
Revise: Plant Transport Tissues: Xylem, Phloem and Root Hair CellsAn adaptation is useful only if it can be linked to a function. For example, it is not enough to state that a root hair cell has a long extension: the important link is that the extension provides a large surface area, allowing faster absorption.
- Revise: Evolutionary Theory
A characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
- Revise: Extinction
A characteristic that helps an organism survive or reproduce in its environment.
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- Revise: Communities
A feature or behaviour that helps an organism survive and reproduce in the conditions where it lives.
- Revise: Adaptations
A feature that helps an organism survive in the conditions where it normally lives.
- Revise: Global Warming
A feature that makes an organism better suited to surviving and reproducing in its environment.
- Revise: Genetics, Environment and Evolution