Habitats: WAEC Biology Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Habitats

Our summary: Marine, estuarine, fresh water and land habitats, their conditions, the life in them and how it is adapted.

• Aquatic habitat: marine, estuarine, fresh water under the following headings: characteristics of habitat; distribution of plants and animals in the habitat; adaptive features of plants and animals in the habitat (Measurement of physical factors: temperature, salinity, light intensity, turbidity, current, pH, should be carried out. The pattern of distribution including dominant types and seasonal changes of population, size of organisms in the habitat should be noted.)
• Terrestrial habitat: marsh, forest, grass land, arid land should be studied under the following headings: characteristics of habitat; distribution of plants and animals in habitat (The measurement of the physical factors, temperature, relative humidity, light, wind, and pH should be carried out. Reference should be made to edaphic factors. The effect of physical factors on distribution of plants and animals should be mentioned.)
• Balance in nature: dynamic equilibrium population and population density (The process by which carnivores maintain a constant population should be mentioned.)

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