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Plant and Animal Adaptations - Aspects?

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  • 08-06-2010 1:49pm
    #1
    **Timbuk2**
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    I have an answer for Plant Animal adaptations learned off. However, for every Geoecology question, you need to divide it into 3 or 4 aspects. This essay is long enough for an 80 mark question but I can only think of two aspects
    - plant adaptations to soil and climate
    - animal adaptations to soil and climate

    What could the third one be? I thought about spliiting it into 4, ie plant with soil, plant with climate, animals with soil, animals with climate but animals don't really adapt to soil per se

    What aspects should this answer be split into?


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    chaoticmess
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    I'd write about
    1: The soil (same thing as in characteristics)
    2: The Climate (again, same as characteristics)
    3: Plant adaptations
    4: Animal Adaptations

    I'd pretty much use the same essay as the characteristics one! ;) Just mess with it a bit to fit the question. :)


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    Shanotheslayer
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    chaoticmess wrote: »
    I'd write about
    1: The soil (same thing as in characteristics)
    2: The Climate (again, same as characteristics)
    3: Plant adaptations
    4: Animal Adaptations

    Thats the same as myself. My Climate is 100% the same as my charactistics one. My soil as a bit more then my charac one. Then did Plant and Animal adaptations seperate.


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    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    I like your thinking! My characteristics answer (desert) contains a good bit about plants adapting to the climate and also animals adapting to the climate. These two answers are going to be almost identical - is that ok?

    Also, what way do plants and animals interact with the soil in the desert? I have loads about climate, but not much about soil.


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    Eire-Dearg
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    Long roots, using plants and twigs as shade etc.?

    I didn't know it was necessary to include a lot on climte and soil in this particular question.


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    H2student
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    I was wondering about this myself while reading through "Exam Skills Geography". Even they say you should seperate it into 3/4 aspects. However, in their sample answer for how animals & plants adapt, they only had 2 aspects (the exact same as you had it). They had a short introductory paragraph but I don't think that counts.

    Anyways, I think I'm going to follow chaoticmess' method.


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    Eire-Dearg
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    My sample answer is just over a page with a few paragraphs on animals and a few on plants, plus the obligitary heading. "I studied... bla bla bla"


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