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Certainanimalsandplantsdevelopcharacteristicsthathelpthemcopewiththeirenvironmentbetterthanothersoftheirkind.Thisnaturalbiologicalprocessiscalledadaptation.Amongthesuperiorcharacteristicsdevelopedthroughadaptationarethosethatmayhelpingettingfoodorshelter,inprovidingprotection,andinproducingandprotectingtheyoung.Thatresultsintheevolutionofmoreandmoreorganisms(生物)thatarebetterfittedtotheirenvironments.
Eachlivingthingisadaptedtoitswayoflifeinageneralway,buteachisadaptedespeciallytoitsowndistinctclass.Aplant,forexample,dependsuponitsrootstofixitselffirmlyandtoabsorbwaterandinorganicchemicals.Itdependsuponitsgreenleavesforusingthesun'senergytomakefoodfrominorganicchemicals.Thesearegeneraladaptations,commontomostplants.Inaddition,therearespecialadaptationsthatonlycertainkindsofplantshave.
Manyanimalshaveadaptationsthathelpthemescapefromtheirenemies.Someinsectsarehiddenbytheirbodycolororshape,andmanylooklikealeaforalittlebranch.Thecoatsofsomeanimalsarecoloredtomixwiththesurroundings.Manyanimalshavetheabilitytoremaincompletelystillwhenanenemyisnear.
Organismshaveagreatvarietyofwaysofadapting.Theymayadaptintheirstructure,function,andgenetics;intheirdevelopmentandproductionoftheyoung;andinotheraspects.Anorganismmaycreateitsownenvironment,asdowarm-bloodedanimals,whichhavetheabilitytoadjustbodyheatexactlytokeeptheirmostsuitabletemperaturehoweverweatherchanges.Usuallyadaptationsareanadvantage,butsometimesanorganismissowelladaptedtoaparticularenvironmentthat,ifconditionschange,______________toreadapttothenewconditions.
76.What'sthebesttitleforthepassage?(Pleaseanswerwithin10words)
77.Whichsentenceinthepassageistheclosestinmeaningtothefollowingone?
Somespeciesoforganismsgettheadvantagesthatmakethemadapttothesurroundingsbetterthanotherspecies.
78.FillintheblankinParagraph4withproperwordsorphrasestocompletethesentence.
(Pleaseanswerwithin10words)
79.Nameananimalanddescribeitsownwayofadaptingtotheenvironme