There are over 35,000 midwives working in the UK, which may seem like a lot of midwives but with the current trend of over 30,000 more babies born a year compared to the year before, the need for midwives has never been so pressing. A national shortage of midwives makes now a great time to train to be a midwife.
An adaptation is a modification or change in the organism's body or behaviour that helps it to survive. Explore the links given here to know more about habitats and how different plants and animals. An animal may adapt to its habitat in different ways.
Habitat of an organism is its immediate surroundings. Habitat is the home of the organism where it can find food, shelter and favourable conditions for breeding. Habitat includes both living and non-living components.Plants and animals possess special characters which help them to survive in their own habitat. Biotic components include all the livings organisms in a habitat, i.e. plants, animals and microorganisms. 2  Abiotic components include all the non-living things in a habitat, i.e. air, soil, water, sunlight and temperature. 3  The favourable conditions for survival of living organisms are provided by abiotic components.