What are physiological adaptations?
Physiological adaptations are changes that an organism can make to its body, behavior, or metabolism to be more efficient or productive in its habitat. For example, shivering when it is cold is a physiological adaptation to raise body temperature. Physiological adaptations are NOT inheritable; they are NOT passed on to offspring. [They may be taught to offspring, however.] 8. Review: What is natural selection? Natural selection is the production of more offspring by those individuals in a population that are best adapted to the environment. 9. What is evolutionary adaptation? Natural selection over time involves passing on to offspring the genetic differences that confer increased success in the environment. For example, intertidal barnacles that are better able to withstand drying out during low tides due to an inheritable trait will pass this trait on to their offspring, who in term will be more successful in their environment. This is evolutionary adaptation. 10. What are two abioti
