Olympiad Test: Weather Climate & Adaptations of Animals to Climate - UPSC MCQ

The special characteristics that enable plants and animals to be successful in a particular environment are called adaptations. Animals have certain body features and habits that help them to live comfortably in their habitats. Such features and habits are called adaptations. Adaptations mainly help an animal get food and protect it from harsh weather.

Wet and dry bulb hygrometer is an instrument which measures the amount of humidity in the atmosphere.

Weather related to atmospheric condition is for 24 hours duration as weather changes in short time interval.

Snail is the slowest mover out of the following organisms.

The streamlined body is the accommodative feature of aquatic organism to move in water with less friction.

Camel is called as ship of desert because camel can move on sand of desert very easily due to presence of padded sole.

Seal is found in polar region that contain blubber to avoid cold condition beneath the skin.

Average weather condition over a long period of time is called Climate. Climate remains same over a long period of time.

In deserts temperature is high and scanty rainfall so, a few plants and animals survive there.

If there is a heavy rainfall on most of the days at a place, the climate of that place will be hot and wet.

The temperature at poles dips as low as -37⁰C. It becomes very difficult to survive there.

Toucan is a bird having long beak and is found in tropical rainforests. It feeds on insects.

Climates relates to atmospheric condition of at least 30 years as climate of place change very slowly.

Fish contain gills as respiratory organ. A pair of gills present in head region is able to absorb oxygen dissolved in water.

Presence of moisture is shown by humidity. Higher the moisture content in air more will be humidity level.

Fat layer beneath the skin of polar bear provide insulation against extreme cold condition of polar region as fat prevents the heat loss from the body.

Type of soil do not determine the weather of a place but humidity, temperature and rain is responsible for weather condition.

Those organisms that live in sea or ocean water are called marine organism. Sharks live in oceans.

The thick fat deposits below the skin are useful in polar region to prevent the heat loss from the body as fat acts as insulator.

The ability of organism to change its body colour or shape to mix with surrounding is called camouflage. Chamolean have ability to camouflage.