Extreme Environments- Flora & Fauna

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  • Created by: Curlot
  • Created on: 07-06-13 18:52

1. An Emporar Penguin can maintain the body temperature, Why?

  • Beacuse in the height of winter they need to be able to stabilise the body temperture in order to survive
  • To keep their eggs warm
  • To stop snow from sticking to them
  • To keep them from falling over by melting the ice
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2. When do Hedgehog Cacti respire? Why?

  • After 3pm beacuse it's cooler and evaporation will be reduced
  • At Night, because if they only open their stomata at night and reduce evaporation on the leaves.
  • In the Day, beacuse their is more sunlight
  • Between 3am and 9am beacuse they only open their somata in the morning

3. Where is an Emporar Penguins native habitat?

  • The Antarctic
  • The South Coast of Australia
  • The Artic
  • The Galapagos Islands

4. The Hedgehog Cactus has no leaves, why?

  • This means they loose less water through evaporation in their leaves
  • This means they can pick up more water as they have a higher concentrated space.
  • To make them less noticable to birds
  • So it looks like a hedgehog

5. Why are Arctic Wolves so small?

  • So they are closer to the ground and blend into their surrondings
  • So they can stick snow to themsleves to blend in
  • So they can burrow into the snow
  • Beacuse they are shy and want to hide

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