Adaptation
What Adaptation means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Unique features of flora and fauna that allow them to survive severe moisture deficits, such as water storage in fleshy stems.
A feature of a plant or animal that helps it survive in the physical conditions of its environment.
Action taken to adjust to natural events such as climate change, to reduce potential damage, limit the impacts, take advantage of opportunities, or cope with the consequences.
Action taken to adjust to the impacts of a problem. In climate change, this means managing the effects of rising temperatures and sea levels.
Actions taken to adjust to the actual or expected future climate and its impacts (e.g., building sea walls).
Topics that use Adaptation
- Hot deserts (AQA GCSE)
- Tropical rainforests (AQA GCSE)
- Climate change has consequences. (OCR GCSE)
- Global climate is now changing as a result of human activity (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The UK's climate change challenges (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Mitigation
- Carbon Sink
- Climate change
- Interdependence
- Soil erosion
- Thermal Expansion
- Albedo Effect
- Appropriate technology
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