Question 3

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(a) The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat, is called .
(b) The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called habitat.
(c) The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called habitat.
(d) Soil, water and air are the ———— factors of a habitat.
(e) Changes in our surroundings that make us respond to them, are called .

Answer

(a) Adaptation

Adaptation is the process by which a plant or an animal adapt itself according to the changing environment.

(b) Terrestrial

All land plants and animals are known as terrestrial organisms and as they are living on the land so it is known as terrestrial habitat.

(c) Aquatic

Those plants and animals that lives in water, that habitat is known as aquatic habitat.

(d) Abiotic

All non- living components in the environment are called as abiotic factors.

(e) Stimulus   

Because of the stimuli we respond quickly to the change in our surrounding.

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