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Topic 5 Life in Water Systems
Topic 5 Life in Water Systems
RIVER OCEAN
How might you compare the
two terms below:
Change
Adaption
Change
is a physical characteristic or
behaviour of a species that increases
its chance of survival in its
environment/ecosystem.
Aquatic Adaptations
● Adaptation – physical or behavioral characteristic of a species
that increases the species’ chances of survival in their
ecosystem.
● Many aquatic organisms have adapted to being able to filter their
food from the water.
Can Aquatic Animals Drown?
● Most aquatic animals use gills, ● Marine mammals, use lungs to
(organs that enable them to get breathe, just like land
oxygen from the water) mammals do.
● Some aquatic animals gather ○ ex) Whale surfacing. They
their oxygen at the water are grabbing a breath or
surface.
two of air.
○ ex) mosquito larvae have
a tube-like siphon that they
reach above the water
surface.
Aquatic Adaptations Cont.
There are five key ecosystem factors that aquatic species must
adapt to or else they will die out….
1) Temperature
2) Light levels
3) Pressure
4) Salinity
5) Water movement
1) Temperature