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INTERACTION AMONG LIVING THINGS

1. What is meant by interaction among animals?

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2. Stag horn fern grow on other trees to survive, but the host tree still
healthy. What kind of interaction happens between these plants?

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3. Banana plant reproduce through suckers. This situation causes the parent
plant and the young plant to grow close to each other. What are the
competitive factors between the parent plant and its young?

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4. Information below shows the steps to investigate the competitive factors

between plants.
Prepare two same size nursery containers and fill the containers
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with the same quantity of soil. Label them X and Y.
Q Place 5 corn seedlings in container X and 15 corn seedlings in
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container Y.
Water both the containers with the same volume of water every
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day.
After two weeks, compare the growth of the young corn plant.
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What are the competitive factors among plants that can be identify from
the steps above?

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5. List down FIVE examples of animals that live in groups and live solitary.

Animals that live in groups Animals that live solitary

6. State FOUR factors that cause competition among animals.

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7. List down SIX human activities that cause extinction among plants and
animals.

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8. Diagram below shows four types of animals that live in the same habitat.

Fox

Deer Tiger Duck

a) Which TWO types of animals will compete for food?

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b) Which animal causes the competition between the two animals that stated
in (a).

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c) State the type of competition between animals that stated in (a).

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d) State TWO other factors that cause the competition among animals.

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9. What is the meaning of preservation?

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10. What is the meaning of Conservation?

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