Difference between Evolution and Adaptation

August 02, 2020

Difference between Evolution and Adaptation

Hello friends!!!!!!

I am your host Atomic.. In the recent few days I was reading about evolution....

Then suddenly it came into my mind that what is the difference between evolution and adaption .....

This question is so interesting!!!!!!!

So with all the effort I am trying to understand this natural concept.

So Let's start the blog !!!!!😃😃

Adaptation refers to seasonal or the primary change in the living style or behavior of an animal species or a plant species.. Let's take a common example to understand this topic:-

When the season of winter arrives, we started to wear woolen and warm clothes, our daily activity slows down, we feel lazier in winter than in summer... this change in the behavior and lifestyle is known as adaptation.

In more scientific language, it means that each organisms had to adapt in it's surrounding to survive..

Adaptation refers to the improvement in the chances of survival by changing the way of living and behavior.. Another example is that maybe you have seen the dormouse and lizards in your house, when winters come they go in a Hibernation state.. It means that they go behind the spaces of cupboard and cracks in the wall, Why they do so? Because for the cold-blooded animals like lizards, winter is very energy consuming and unsustainable.. Why it is energy consuming?

1) Because there is lack of food for such animals ( Insects also go warm places )

2) Because there is a lack of food, it is difficult to get energy.

So if there is no food how can an animal survive?

So they go in the hibernation ( Hibernation is a part of adaptation)

Hibernation is a deep sleep to save energy of an organism.

In Hibernation, the animal (mainly rodents) slow there heart beat and blood pressure and stays in a deep sleep.

So let me ask a question:- How do animals sustain with hibernation?

I mean that hibernation is not like that when you are tired you go to hibernation!

No No certainly not!! It is seasonal for eg crocodiles is savannah ( African grassland where wild animals live { if you don't know than watch Nat Geo }) they hibernate in summer where there is a lack of water, they hibernate in water canals and caves where there is less heat of sun.

Bears on other hand hibernate in winter..

Let me give you answer to my question, before hibernation animals have to eat large amount of food to hibernate. The animal digestive system slowly extracts energy in the form of ATP to keep it alive.

So let's come to the topic evolution

Evolution means the characteristics that an organism is developing over the period of time to increase it's chances of survival.. In evolution an organisms develops or (removes) certain traits and characteristics to survive better.

In scientific words, It is a process in which genetic and physical characteristics change in relation to the environment or climate. So here I am continuously talking abut the word 'Survival'

What is survival ?

It means the techniques or traits that a particular organism uses to live or to exists, to continue it's and it's species existence.

Another word for survival is existence. It's basic meaning is to live and exists.

SO WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERNCE?

The main differences are that evolution is very long process, it takes millions of years. And it happens to the overall population of that species.

whereas adaptation are for individuals and can be seasonal and personal.

All living things change through time in order to survive in their environment.(Evolution)
Adaptation involves short-term changes to survive in the habitat ( mostly it is seasonal).
Evolution is long term process where changes occurs in genetic level for better functioning and survival of a race.
Adaptation is mainly temporary ( lizards, dormouse) but evolution is permanent ( it can be changed but it takes millions of years).