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Our world is incredibly diverse, and plants and animals must adapt in order to survive. This book will teach readers how adaptation works, why living things must adapt, and how a changing world makes adaptation more necessary than ever.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	18 juillet 2013
Nombre de lectures	2
EAN13	9781406268997
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	31 Mo

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Essential Life Science

Melanie Waldron

Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered oce at 7 Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582

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Edited by Nancy Dickmann and Abby Colich Designed by Rich Parker Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd 2013 Illustrated by HL Studio Picture research by Tracy Cummins Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed in China by China Translation and Printing Services

ISBN 978-1-4062-6224-7 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Waldron, Melanie. Adaptation. -- (Essential life science) 1. Adaptation (Biology)--Juvenile literature. I. Title II. Series 578.4-dc23

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Contents

What lives in our diverse world?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What is adaptation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 How do living things adapt to heat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 How do living things adapt to cold? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 How do plants and animals live in fresh water? . . . . . . . . . . 22 How have sea plants and animals adapted? . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 What are predator and prey adaptations? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 How do living things cope with extreme environments? . . . 38 Adapting and surviving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Find out more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Eureka moment! Learn about important discoveries that have brought about further knowledge and understanding.

Some words are shown in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

i know Discover fascinating facts about adaptation.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Read about the latest research and advances in essential life science.

IFE

What lives in our diverse world? Think for a minute about your garden, or a local nature area. Think about all the different plants growing there. If you looked I N closely enough among these plants, you would also find a lot of different animals living there. The more different types of plant and animals in an area, the morediverseit is.

All the plants and animals have found a way of living there. They are all perfectlyadaptedto their environment.

A diverse world Now think about all the different places in the world where plants and animals can live. Even the driest deserts and the deepest oceans have things living there.

There is a huge variety of plants across the world, with different animals living around them.

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