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- Protect from abiotic factors
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- Plants survive repeated drying and rehydration: lesser clubmoss
- Crystals and fibers provide strength, flexibility: bones
- Skin properties derive from arrangement of components: mammals
- Thin "shells" resist impact loading: sea urchins
- Exoskeleton adjusts: insects
- Armor protects against predators: threespine stickleback
- Trunks perform complex three-dimensional motions: elephants
- Shell microstructure protects from compression: conch
