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    QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT | Adaptations | A comparison of the salt water crocodile and fresh water crocodile | | | 2/27/2012 | | Figure 1 – Saltwater Crocodile Figure 2 – Freshwater Crocodile Subject: SCX101B School: Name: Completed: 12/03/12 I declare that the work submitted is my own with no part written/produced for me by any other person. I have acknowledged the people who have provided assistance and the materials referred to in developing my ideas have been acknowledged

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    Copyright © 2013 Edmentum - All rights reserved. Adaptations 1. If you were to genetically engineer soybeans‚ which change would be most useful for farmers bothered by leafmunching bugs? A. physiological‚ faster plant growth B. physiological‚ addition of a bitter taste to the plant ’s leaves C. structural‚ increased leaf cuticle thickness D. structural‚ change in leaf color 2. An animal that lives in a desert biome will most likely have adaptations that help the animal to A. insulate its body. B.

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    Animal Adaptations -- Vocabulary Adaptation A body part‚ body covering‚ or behavior that helps an animal survive in its environment. Behavior The actions of an animal. Camouflage A color or shape in an animal’s body covering that helps it blend into its environment. Environment Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing. The environment includes non-living things‚ such as water and air‚ as well as other living things. Habitat The place where an animal lives. The physical characteristics

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    got to see adaptation in three different ways: Seen as a product‚ an adaptation can be seen as an extensive transposition of an original work which should be told/implicitly known to the audience. This can involve a shift of medium (written word to performance‚ or a change of frame and therefore context: e.g. telling the same story through the looking glass of a different culture)‚ which can create a different interpretation. Seen as a process of creation‚ the act of adaptation can be said

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    Film adaptations are a common way that we exchange film and literature. When adapting a book to a film three important considerations or must to look for is fidelity‚ a more creative way between the original text and the adaptation and how the audience implied the original work and if they understood the adaptations. The signs and symbols show that the meaning is constructed well and is understood. One film adaptation that is a must is fidelity. Fidelity is what extent and adaption is true

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    Biological Adaptation

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    Adaptation is natural selection in actions (Anemone‚ 2011). Natural selection is when organisms with more favorable traits suited for their environment are able to reproduce and pass on their desirable traits (Anemone‚ 2011). There are two types of adaptations‚ biological adaptation and cultural adaptation. Biological adaptations have to do with our genetics and cultural adaptations are those made by physical objects such as housing‚ clothing‚ and tools. Biological adaptations are traits that

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    avoid harm brought about by the predators. They must learn to adapt their defense mechanisms in order to better protect themselves from these new effective predators. In order to survive and protect themselves‚ squids use a variety of unique adaptations methods. One such method is using distraction and surprise to avoid harm. For example‚ in the presence of intruders‚ squids eject dark fluid from their own bodies. This fluid‚ which is ink-like in quality will temporarily affect the predator ’s

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    ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION The debate on cinematic adaptations of literary works was for many years dominated by the questions of fidelity to the source and by the tendencies to prioritize the literary originals over their film versions. (Whelehan:2006) Adaptations were seen by most critics as inferior to the adapted texts‚ as “minor”‚ “subsidiary”‚ “derivative” or “secondary” products‚ lacking the symbolic richness of the books and missing their “spirit”. (Hutcheon:2006) Critics could not forgive

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    Animal Adaptation

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    Animal Adaptation Hypothesis  Before my partner and I began our research about animal adaptation we began to think and use common sense. Animal adaptation is very self explanatory.my partner and I came up with the theory that animal adaptation is animals making changes to live better in there environment. What is Animal Adaptation?  What is animal adaptation? you might ask  An adaptation is a genetic change‚ that helps an organism‚ such as a plant or animal‚ survive in its environment

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    Introduction: Plants have adaptations to help them survive in harsh environments; Some live in a forests where plants have to find a way to get the sunlight they require‚ some live in an aquatic environments where there is an abundance of water‚ and some live in desert environments where it is dry and very hot. These plants have different adaptations such as leaf size‚ leaf surface‚ stem size‚ and their stress level. In this lab‚ we will be discussing plants from 3 different regions; forest‚ aquatic

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