Question

What are the general aquatic adaptation in animals and plants?

Answer 1

• General aquatic adaptations are presence of some special air spaces inside bodies or presence of such substances that help organisms to swim and float in water.
• Organisms bear specialized structures to swim like flippers as in turtles and fins in fishes. 
• Fishes, dolphins etc. have floaters in their body to be able to inhabit particular levels in the water body. 
• Microscopic photosynthetic organisms like planktons have droplets of oil in their cells that keeps them float. 
• Larger plants have tough leaves and flexible stems.