7B.1 Habitats

Question 1

Name 3 different examples of Habitats (3)

Answer 1

1. Woodland/Hedgerow
2. Pond
3. Rainforest

Question 2

Give 5 examples of elements of a Woodland/Hedgerow food chain. (5)

Answer 2

Any 5 from:

1. leaf-litter
2. shade
3. beetles
4. woodlice
5. mice
6. spiders
7. green fly
8. ants
9. slugs
10. dog faeces
11. flies
12. berries
13. owl
14. rabbits
15. foxes
16. Buzzards
17. hedgehogs
18. Insects
19. moths
20. stoat
21. birds (sparrows, chaffinches, blackbirds, robins)
22. badgers
23. deer
24. butterfly
25. flowers
26. bees

Question 3

How would you take samples of things in a woodland/hedgerow habitat? (2)

Answer 3

Use a PITFALL TRAP, and compare with KEYS.

Question 4

Give 5 examples of elements in a POND HABITAT. (5)

Answer 4

1. water
2. damp soil
3. frogs/tadpoles
4. pond skaters
5. water beetles
6. dragonflies
7. newts
8. fish
9. Lily Pad
10. mayflies
11. reeds
12. birds (kingfishers, heron, ducks, reed warblers)
13. leeches

Question 5

Give 5 examples of elements in a RAINFOREST HABITAT. (5)

Answer 5

1. Snakes
2. Tree Frogs
3. Parrots
4. Fruit
5. Insects
6. Monkeys
7. Nuts/Seeds
8. Rats
9. Tigers
10. Chameleons
11. Ants
12. Spiders
13. Plants
14. Carnivorous Plants
15. sunlight
16. worms
17. leaf litter
18. grubs
19. nectar from flowers
20. Fish from rivers

Question 6

What will determine the NUMBERS of animals? (6)

Answer 6

1. available FOOD
2. threat from PREDATORS
3. TEMPERATURE (warmth)
4. LIGHT
5. WATER
6. SHELTER

Question 7

How would you work out the types of CONDITIONS that a species would prefer? (1)

Answer 7

Set up a CHOICE CHAMBER.

Question 8

Give an EXAMPLE of a CHOICE CHAMBER experiment? (2)

Answer 8

Put WOODLICE in a choice chamber, and on one side put LIGHT, the other DARK. Or you could do it with DRY and DAMP.

Question 9

What will determine the numbers/mass of PLANTS? (6)

Answer 9

1. LIGHT
2. WATER
3. TEMPERATURE
4. SOIL CONDITION
5. pH
6. animals for pollination
7. animals (that may eat them!)

Question 10

How can POPULATION NUMBERS be ESTIMATED?

Answer 10

1. By using a QUADRANT
2. COUNTING numbers in the quadrant, and
3. MULTIPLYING the numbers by the number of quadrants in the whole area.

Question 11

How would you go about collecting and identifying species in a habitat? (1)

Answer 11

Use PITFALL TRAP.