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List three adaptations in animals which keep their body cool, giving one example for each case.
 

Important Questions on Weather, Climate and Adaptation

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Name one animal that lives on trees in rainforests and rarely comes down. How does it get its food?
 
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List three ways in which the elephant is well adapted to living in a tropical rainforest.
 
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When do you expect wet clothes to dry faster-in dry weather or in humid weather? Why?
 
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From where do the southwest monsoon winds pick up humidity?
 
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Which days do you think are usually the longest and shortest in the southern hemisphere?
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During the course of the year, the length of the day changes. How do the times of sunrise and sunset change between summer and winter? Why does this happen?
 
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For thousands of years the human population on the earth increased very slowly.

In the year 10,000 BCE, the estimated population was 50 million.
In 1700 CE, the population was only about 1 billion. Then it started accelerating very fast.
In 2000 CE, it had crossed 6 billion.
By 2050 CE, it is expected to cross 9 billion. What do you think has caused the huge increase?