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The document includes a matching exercise about elephant adaptations and their survival benefits, such as large ears for cooling and tusks for fighting. It also presents a chart comparing elephant populations in different African regions between 1981 and 1989, highlighting a significant population decrease. Additionally, it prompts the reader to suggest human actions that contributed to these population changes.

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Adaptation 1

The document includes a matching exercise about elephant adaptations and their survival benefits, such as large ears for cooling and tusks for fighting. It also presents a chart comparing elephant populations in different African regions between 1981 and 1989, highlighting a significant population decrease. Additionally, it prompts the reader to suggest human actions that contributed to these population changes.

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10 Look at the picture of an elephant.

large ears

tusk

trunk

(a) Elephants are adapted to survive.

Draw a line to match each adaptation with the reason why it helps the elephant survive.

adaptation reason

large ears pull grass from ground

trunk keep elephant cool

used to fight other


tusks
elephants
[1]

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(b) The chart shows the population of elephants in different parts of Africa in 1981 and 1989.

500

400

300 1981
population of
elephants 1989
in thousands 200

100

0
West Africa East Africa South Africa Central Africa
location

(i) In which part of Africa was the largest decrease in the population of elephants between
1981 and 1989?

[1]

(ii) Humans caused the changes in elephant populations between 1981 and 1989.

Suggest two ways humans caused these changes.

[2]

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