LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

ECOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the term(s) for an organism to blend in with the surroundings?
A
Warning Colors
B
Camouflage
C
False Coloring
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Camouflage, also called cryptic coloration, is a defense or tactic that organisms use to blend in with their surroundings. Background matching is perhaps the most common camouflage tactic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The change in their appearance or colour which gets the blend with their surroundings by their colour, texture and shape. This type of camouflage is mainly seen in insects like spiders, leaf butterfly, dragonfly katydid, stick bugs or stick insect, etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -Camouflage in animals can be reckoned as a structural adaptation as it allows it some changes in its external body to survive better in the environment around them. It helps them not to get detected by their predators and also as an aid in their hunting for prey.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are four basic types of camouflage: concealing coloration, disruptive coloration, disguise and mimicry.

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