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Below is a photograph depicting interaction of organisms in a certain ecosystem(a) Name the type of ecosystem shown.(b) (i) Name any three living organisms you...

Below is a photograph depicting interaction of organisms in a certain ecosystem
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(a) Name the type of ecosystem shown.
(b) (i) Name any three living organisms you can observe in the photograph in order of their
trophic levels
(ii) What feeding relationship is exhibited by the animals shown in the photograph
(c) (i) Give three adaptations of each animal regarding the feeding relationship mentioned in b (ii)
above
(ii) Draw a simple food chain to represent the food relationship in the ecosystem shown in the
photograph.

Answers


Kavungya
(a) Grassland/Savannah;
(b) (i) Grass/Acacia; Gazelle; Lion;
(ii) Prey – predator relationship;
(c) (i) Lion/Predator
- Acute senses of smell and sight to identify prey;
- Sharp and strong claws and teeth to catch/subdue/tear and chew pray;
- Fast and agile to persue prey;
- Camouflaged in its environment so as not to be easily noticed by prey;
- Moves against wind direction when persuing its prey to avoid detection by prey through smell;

Gazelle/Prey
- Acute sense of smell and sight to detect predator;
- Fast and agile;
- Camouflaged in its environment so as not to be seen easily by predator
(ii) Grass ----> Gazelle -----> Lion
Kavungya answered the question on April 1, 2019 at 11:14

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