ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEM
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Question
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Animals bury themselves in the sand to escape the sun during low tide.
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There are lots of plants that can live in sand.
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Animals living on the sandy shore love the heat from the sun during low tide.
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None of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The desert snakes burrow deep into the sand during the day to protect themselves from the heat of the sun that persists through the daytime. The deeper layers of desert sand are cooler and allows them to stay away from the heat. It also prevents water loss from their body. Q.
Detailed explanation-2: -Desert animals like camels have well-padded feet which help them walk on hot sand during the day. But animals with smaller legs or no legs like rats and snakes stay inside the burrows deep inside the sand to avoid the intense heat during the day. They move out of the burrows at night after the surrounding gets cooler.
Detailed explanation-3: -Animals survive in deserts by living underground or resting in burrows during the heat of the day.
Detailed explanation-4: -An organism’s water demand increases as temperature rises. So, desert animals have developed many adaptive strategies like they usually come out at night when the desert is cooler for coping with temperature extremes and limited water. They are called nocturnal animals.