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11. Three adaptations of the red kangaroo are described below. Classify each adaptation as
structural, physiological or behavioural:
(i) The red kangaroo lies in the shade on hot days.
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grey
thrush
rainbow
bee-eater
spider
Yellow-tailed
black cockatoo
scale
insect
native
bee
blue gum
wattle
R
5
0
S
1
0
T
35
0
U
20
0
V
300
0
W
7
5
From this data we can conclude that one probable food chain would be:
a)
S W U V
b)
T V R S
c)
U T W R
d)
V T W S
15. The capture recapture method was used to estimate the abundance of scrub wrens in
an area. Initially 4 wrens were captured and tagged. A month later, 8 wrens were captured.
Of those 2 were had tags. From this data we can say that the abundance of scrub wrens
is approximately:
a) 4
b) 3
c) 16
d) 24.
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16. Charlotte used the quadrat method to estimate the abundance of clovers in the
playground. The area of the playground is 200m2. The quadrat Charlotte used had an area
of 0.4m2. Charlottes results are shown below:
Quadrat No
3 4
9 1
No of
0 2
0
3 1
clovers
a) Estimate the total number of clovers in the playground. Show all working.
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17. The diagrams below show a food web and a biomass pyramid.
ding
o
fox
Dingo
fox
possu
m
sheep
rabbit
Possum, sheep,
rabbit
Tree
tre
e
grass
grass
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19. The abundance of shark species varies with the temperature of the surrounding water.
Some sharks are not found in areas where water is too cold, or too warm. Below are data on
the abundance of three different shark species collected during five separate scuba dives in
the one year in the same area.
Temperature (oC)
15
18
20
25
30
Tiger
8
11
15
25
22
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b) Name ONE biotic environmental factor that could effect the abundance of one or more of
the three shark species.
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c) Explain how the reliability of the data collected on the abundance of the three sharks in
the area could be improved.
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