Adaptations for Hot Environments (VCE SSCE Biology): Flashcards

Non-living properties (temperature, water, nutrients, acidity)

Area receiving less than 250 mm of rain per year

Structural, physiological, behavioural

Evolved modifications to physical structure

Evolved modifications to internal/metabolic processes

Evolved modifications to actions (animals only)

Animals producing own heat through metabolic processes

Animals obtaining heat primarily from environment

Small pores on leaf surface regulating gas exchange

Pair of cells surrounding stomata, controlling opening/closing