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Habitats & Adaptations practice questions

Characteristic features and organism adaptations in the rainforest, savannah, desert, lagoon, estuary and seashore.

22 questions in this topic: 6 recall, 7 applying skills and concepts, 5 strategic thinking and 4 extended thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.

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  1. Question 1Skills & concepts

    Which named examples of lakes found in Ghana are mentioned in the curriculum?

    • aLake Bosomtwe and Lake Volta
    • bKorle Lagoon and Keta Lagoon
    • cAnkobra estuary and Ada estuary
    • dBenya Lagoon only
  2. Question 2Extended thinking

    Comparing a rainforest emergent-layer tree, a desert cactus and a lagoon mangrove, each has a distinctive adaptation (buttress roots, water-storing tissue, pneumatophores respectively). Explain how each adaptation reflects the specific limiting factor of its habitat.

    • aThe rainforest tree's buttress roots address thin, nutrient-poor soil and the need for height to reach light; the cactus's tissue addresses water scarcity; the mangrove's pneumatophores address low oxygen in waterlogged mud — each solves the dominant constraint of its own habitat
    • bAll three adaptations solve the exact same problem: lack of sunlight
    • cNone of these adaptations are related to their habitats
    • dThe cactus and mangrove face the same limiting factor: extreme cold
  3. Question 3Skills & concepts

    Buttress roots, seen in trees like the kapok, are an adaptation that helps rainforest trees

    • astand tall in thin soil and absorb nutrients
    • bstore large amounts of water like a cactus
    • csurvive freezing temperatures
    • dattract pollinators from far away

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