Short Answer Type
Long Answer Type(a) adaptations of desert plants and animals.
(b) adaptations of plants to water scarcity.
(c) behavioural adaptations in animals.
(d) importance of light to plants.
(e) Effect of temperature or water scarcity and the adaptations of animals.
Define the following terms and give one example for each:
(a) Commensalism
(b) Parasitism
(c) Camouflage
(d) Mutualism
(e) Interspecific competition
Short Answer Type| Adaptation | Example | Process and mechanism |
| Hibernation | Northern ground squirrels | Sleep during winter; body temperature drops, breathing and heart beat becomes slow. |
| Aestivation | Ground squirrels in southwest deserts | Avoids heat by spending dry-hot period in a torpid state into burrows. |
| Camouflage | Praying mantis | Mimics a dead leaf and resembles background vegetation. |
Long Answer Type
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