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Introduction
1. A place where organisms live in is called a habitat. Examples of
habitat are forests, sea, ponds and wetlands.
4. Examples of animals that are solitary are the pola bear, tiger,
koala bear, leopard and eagle.
Animals that are solitary
3. Living things that share the same habitat normally interact with
one another.
10. When competing, the stronger animal wins, while the weaker
one gets killed or is chased away.
(a) the number of animals fighting for the same basic needs
increases, for example, when the number of elephants in
habitat increases.
(b) the basic needs that the animals compete for decreases, for
example, during a drought when many plants die due to
insufficient water.
14. When competing , the weaker animal will lose. The defeated
animal will:
Aim
Steps
3. Three beans are placed as far apart as you can in the Petri dish labelled M.
Observation
1. Are the stems of the seedlings in Petri dishes M and N of the same size?
Why?
No, the seedlings in Petri dish M have thicker stems than the seedlings in
Petri dish N
because they get enough basic needs and need not compete among
themselves.
Discussion
The need to compete for the limited basic needs in the Petri dish.
Conclusion
Plants need to compete with each other when basic needs become limited.
Protecting endangered species
Extinction of animals
Endangered species
African elephant
(a) living things will not be able to get their basic needs.
6. Plants absorb the carbon dioxide and release oxygen back into
the atmosphere during photosynthesis. Thus, it maintains the
balance in nature.
9. The surface of the land and the soil beneath it are protected by
plants from direct exposure to the rain.
10. The soil particles are held together by the roots of plants.
Hence, they are not easily washed away by rain water.
11. Soil particles exposed to rain water will be washed away. This
causes soil erosion, which result in landslides and floods.
12. The flood water carries silt down to lower lands and clogs up
rivers and drains, or may flow to housing areas.
13. Soil erosion, landslides and floods expose humans and their
properties to danger.