Question

What role does the environment play in defining the appearance of an organism? 

Answer 1

An organism naturally adapts to it's environment. Organisms have to adapt to survive to live in a certain environment. Their outside appearance and physical features depends on how they get their food, how they protect themselves from predators, and how they keep their body warm or cold in that climate. This kind of goes with the idea of natural selection. Natural selection is when animals adapt to changes over time by reproducing and creating genetic variations in their offspring. For example, if there are two types of rabbits. One rabbit is black and the other is white. These rabbits live in a very cold place where there is a lot of snow. The predators have been eating most of the black rabbits since, they are easily seen. The white rabbits will keep on reproducing, while the black rabbits population will decrease. After a while the black rabbits will be no more and a new generation of white rabbits will be able to survive and thrive.

Answer 2

An organism grows to its environment, also known as adaptation. Organisms will adapt to their surroundings for survival. For example some paramecium is a small single celled fresh water animal, they are covered in cilia so that they could move through the pond water more effectively. Hope this helps.