Tag: adaptations in animals

Feathers are epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering on dinosaurs and birds. They provide insulation, the body temperature of most birds is maintained at around 40 C, feathers allow for flight. They may also be plucked to line the nest and provide insulation to the eggs and young. The individual feathers in the wings and tail play important roles in controlling flight.

• The majority of insects and other invertebrates hibernate during the winter, since they do not produce their own body heat like mammals and birds it is too cold for them to be active.
•  However, 10cm under the ground the soil is often a few degrees warmer than the air and many soil animals are still active, including earthworms.
  

Migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south, undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat, or weather but not for self-protection. Many bird populations migrate long distances along a flyway. Migratory birds fly hundreds and thousands of kilometres to find the best ecological conditions and habitats for feeding.

• For the regulation of body temperature, there is an internal mechanism called homeostasis, This regulates the internal body temperature in mammals but is absent in plants.
• During winters the polar bears do not undergo hibernation, instead, they remain active. Their body temperature is maintained by the fur-coated on their body which protects them from extreme cold and snow.
• Desert lizards are conformers (They cannot regulate their own body temperature and requires external factors like the sun).
• So, the correct option is ' Polar bears going into hibernation during winter is an example of an escape of area and Desert lizard has a physiological ability to regulate'. 
  

Regulators are those animals that can regulate their body temperature by their own, according to the environment and their need while conformers are those animals that cannot regulate their body temperature and require sun to increase their body temperature. The conformers are also called cold-blooded animals. Some of the examples of conformers are desert lizards, fishes, snakes etc.

• Terrestrial organism conserves water as to them less water is available.
• The urine thus produced is concentrated releasing urea or ammonia.
• Since ammonia needs a lot of water to get released from the body.

• Fish lives only in water because the gills of the fish which act as a respiratory organ, can take oxygen only from water and not from the air. Hence it is necessary for them to live in water. 
• Fertilization is external in most fish species. Large quantities of eggs and sperm are simultaneously released into the water by females and males. This process of egg release is termed spawning.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Fish'.