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1. What is an adaptation?
   • A characteristic about a species that allows it to be suited to the environment it lives.
2. How are organisms adapted to live in their natural environment?
   • Organisms become adapted to their natural environment by evolution through natural selection.
3. What are the three types of adaptations organisms can have to survive in the conditions that they live?
   • Adaptations may be structural, behavioural or functional
4. What is an extremophile?
   • Organisms live in environments that are very extreme, such as high temperature, pressure, or salt concentration
5. What type of microbe lives in deep sea vents?
   • Bacteria live in deep sea vents.