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Adaptation

Adaptation is when an organism accommodates
to sudden changes in its
environment. It's when it alterates its behavior or it's body structure to make it more
suitable for the new conditions. When an organism's environment changes that organism
must adjust to the changes or it will not survive for much longer. Without adaptation
most organisms on Earth would be extinct.
Adaptation starts when environmental conditions suddenly change in an
organism's environment. When this happens the organism must adjust to survive. This
process may take days or it could be over many generations. It depends on how harsh
or extreme the conditions are.
One kind of adapatation is evolutionary adaptations. Evolutionary adaptation is
the result of competition among individuals of a particular species over many
generations in response to it's changing environment. Certain traits are taken by natural
selection, favoring the individual organisms that produce the most......

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