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What are lichens used for?
To monitor air quality - they’re damaged by pollution. Cleaner air = greater diversity of lichens survive.
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What is egestion?
When food that can’t be digested passes out as faeces.
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What characteristics do prokaryotes have?
No nucleus. Have cell wall made from peptidoglycan
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Over a long period of time, organisms may change so much due to natural selection they become a completely new species.
What is speciation?
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Organisms that are adapted to live in seriously extreme conditions like volcanic vents or at high pressure on sea bed.
What are extremophiles?
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Which species are adapted to live in polluted conditions?
Water lice, rat-tailed maggots, sludgeworms indicate polluted water. Rat-tailed maggots and sludgeworms indicate very high pollution.
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What anatomical adaptations increase heat loss?
Small organisms have a large SA:v ratio. Others have large ears and large thin ears allow more blood to flow near skin surface - more heat can radiate. Like camels, they store fat in just one area to stop whole body being well insulated.
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What is speciation?
Over a long period of time, organisms may change so much due to natural selection they become a completely new species.
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Telling how polluted an area is.
What are indicator species used for?
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Where both organisms benefit e.g. Cleaner species - such as Remora fish which swim alongside sharks.
What is a mutualistic relationship?
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Fishing quotas prevent some becoming extinct. Wood and paper production has laws - trees must be replanted when others logged.
What are two examples of things done to promote sustainable development?
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Small organisms have a large SA:v ratio. Others have large ears and large thin ears allow more blood to flow near skin surface - more heat can radiate. Like camels, they store fat in just one area to stop whole body being well insulated.
What anatomical adaptations increase heat loss?
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Ones which are highly adapted to survive in a specific habitat e.g. Giant Panda
What are specialist organisms?
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Mass of living material at that stage of food chain (it is dry biomass so all water would be removed)
What does a pyramid of biomass show?
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A way of identifying organisms base on evolutionary relationships and genetic similarities
What is natural classification?
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Make spores instead of seeds. Feed on dead or decaying organic matter (saprophytic feeders). Cell wall made of chitin.
What characteristics do fungi have?
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What factors determine whether a species is at risk of extinction?
Number of habitat, number of individuals, genetic variation. If any of these fall below a critical level then species is at risk.
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How are organisms classified after kingdoms?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
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What is natural classification?
A way of identifying organisms base on evolutionary relationships and genetic similarities
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No nucleus. Have cell wall made from peptidoglycan
What characteristics do prokaryotes have?
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What is surface area to volume ratio?
A way of comparing how much SA something has compared to its size. Small objects have larger SA:v ratios than large objects. Large organisms lose less heat than small because of this.
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What factors evaluate how successful a conservation programme is?
Genetic variation, viability of populations, available habitats, interaction between species.
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What plants put nitrogen back into soil?
Nitrogen fixing bacteria - can live in nodules on roots of legume plants like peas and beans
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Have enzymes which work best at a higher optimum temperature - work at temperatures which would normally denature them e.g. Thermus thermophilus grows best when temp is 65°C
How are extremophile bacteria adapted to live in hot conditions?
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Protecting human food supply, ensuring minimal damage to food chains, providing future medicines and cultural aspects.
What are the other benefits of conservation programmes apart from protect the species?
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What are the four types of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle?
Decomposers, nitrifying bacteria, denitrifying bacteria and nitrogen fixing bacteria.
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What does a pyramid of biomass show?
Mass of living material at that stage of food chain (it is dry biomass so all water would be removed)
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How is efficiency in a food chain calculated?
(energy available to next level ÷ energy that was available to previous level) x 100
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Based on appearance rather than genes as a way of identifying organisms.
What is artificial classification?
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A group of organisms which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.
What is a species?
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When food that can’t be digested passes out as faeces.
What is egestion?
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Nitrogen fixing bacteria - can live in nodules on roots of legume plants like peas and beans
What plants put nitrogen back into soil?
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A way of comparing how much SA something has compared to its size. Small objects have larger SA:v ratios than large objects. Large organisms lose less heat than small because of this.
What is surface area to volume ratio?
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Feed on other organisms (heterotrophic). Multicellular. No cell walls.
What characteristics do the animal kingdom have?
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Plants, Animals, Fungi, Protoctista (e.g. Algae), Prokaryotes (e.g. Bacteria)
What are the 5 Kingdoms?
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Amount of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO₂) given off in a certain amount of time.
What is a carbon footprint?
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What conditions make recycling carbon slower?
Waterlogged soils and highly acidic soils.
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What characteristics do fungi have?
Make spores instead of seeds. Feed on dead or decaying organic matter (saprophytic feeders). Cell wall made of chitin.
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How have desert plants adapted to living in dry conditions?
Have a rounded shape (high SA:v ratio), have a thick waxy layer (cuticle) and spines - reduce water loss, store water in stems, have shallow roots to absorb water fast.
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To monitor air quality - they’re damaged by pollution. Cleaner air = greater diversity of lichens survive.
What are lichens used for?
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When organisms from the SAME species compete for resources.
What is intraspecific competition?
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When organisms compete for resources against individuals of another species.
What is interspecific competition?
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Sometimes have anti-freeze and these proteins interfere with formation and growth of ice crystals in cells, stopping cells being damaged by ice.
How are organisms adapted to live in extremely cod environments?
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Water lice, rat-tailed maggots, sludgeworms indicate polluted water. Rat-tailed maggots and sludgeworms indicate very high pollution.
Which species are adapted to live in polluted conditions?
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What is sustainable development?
Providing for needs of today’s increasing population without harming environment.
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What are the other benefits of conservation programmes apart from protect the species?
Protecting human food supply, ensuring minimal damage to food chains, providing future medicines and cultural aspects.
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What do arrows in a food chain show?
Arrows show where the energy is going. Example: greenfly → lady bird → bird
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What are specialist organisms?
Ones which are highly adapted to survive in a specific habitat e.g. Giant Panda
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How is carbon recycled in the sea?
Shells (carbonates) - organism dies, shell sinks to bottom, becomes limestone. Released as CO₂ in volcanic eruptions/weathering. Sea absorbs amount of CO₂ in ‘carbon sinks’.
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What are anatomical adaptations?
Features of an organism’s anatomy that helps it to survive
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How are organisms adapted to live in extremely cod environments?
Sometimes have anti-freeze and these proteins interfere with formation and growth of ice crystals in cells, stopping cells being damaged by ice.
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What is intraspecific competition?
When organisms from the SAME species compete for resources.
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo, Sapiens
What are the classes for humans?
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What is an ecological niche?
How a species fits into its ecosystem, depending on things like where they live and feed on.
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What is a species?
A group of organisms which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.
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Some migrate to warmer climates, some hibernate to save energy and some huddle together to keep warm.
What are some behavioural adaptations to the cold?
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What is a mutualistic relationship?
Where both organisms benefit e.g. Cleaner species - such as Remora fish which swim alongside sharks.
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How are certain animals adapted to living in dry environments?
Specialised kidneys - produce very concentrated urine, no sweat glands, spend time in underground burrows - air contains more moisture
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How are extremophile bacteria adapted to live in hot conditions?
Have enzymes which work best at a higher optimum temperature - work at temperatures which would normally denature them e.g. Thermus thermophilus grows best when temp is 65°C
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What are two examples of things done to promote sustainable development?
Fishing quotas prevent some becoming extinct. Wood and paper production has laws - trees must be replanted when others logged.
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What are indicator species used for?
Telling how polluted an area is.
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Each bar shows number of organisms at that stage of food chain - not their mass.
What does a pyramid of numbers show?
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What is a carbon footprint?
Amount of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO₂) given off in a certain amount of time.
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What are some behavioural adaptations to the cold?
Some migrate to warmer climates, some hibernate to save energy and some huddle together to keep warm.
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What causes acid rain?
When fossil fuels with impurities are burned, sulfur dioxide is released which mixes with water in atmosphere to make sulphuric acid which falls as rain.
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Arrows show where the energy is going. Example: greenfly → lady bird → bird
What do arrows in a food chain show?
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What does a pyramid of numbers show?
Each bar shows number of organisms at that stage of food chain - not their mass.
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Ones which are adapted to survive in a range of different habitats e.g. black rats can survive in forests, cities and farmland.
What are generalist organisms?
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What is artificial classification?
Based on appearance rather than genes as a way of identifying organisms.
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What characteristics do protoctistas have?
Most are unicellular. Have a nucleus.
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Blood vessels going to & from feet carry blood flowing in opposite direction. Vessels pass close to each other allowing heat to transfer between them. Warm blood in arteries to feet heats cold blood returning to heart & veins. Means feet stay cold but cold blood doesn’t cool rest of body.
How does a counter-current heat exchange system work?
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Most are unicellular. Have a nucleus.
What characteristics do protoctistas have?
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Number of habitat, number of individuals, genetic variation. If any of these fall below a critical level then species is at risk.
What factors determine whether a species is at risk of extinction?
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How does a counter-current heat exchange system work?
Blood vessels going to & from feet carry blood flowing in opposite direction. Vessels pass close to each other allowing heat to transfer between them. Warm blood in arteries to feet heats cold blood returning to heart & veins. Means feet stay cold but cold blood doesn’t cool rest of body.
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What are mayfly larvae used for?
Monitoring water quality - can’t survive in polluted water. Cleaner water = more mayfly larvae survive.
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Decomposers, nitrifying bacteria, denitrifying bacteria and nitrogen fixing bacteria.
What are the four types of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle?
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When fossil fuels with impurities are burned, sulfur dioxide is released which mixes with water in atmosphere to make sulphuric acid which falls as rain.
What causes acid rain?
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What are generalist organisms?
Ones which are adapted to survive in a range of different habitats e.g. black rats can survive in forests, cities and farmland.
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Monitoring water quality - can’t survive in polluted water. Cleaner water = more mayfly larvae survive.
What are mayfly larvae used for?
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Use light energy to produce food during photosynthesis. Cell walls are made of cellulose.
What characteristics do the plant kingdom have?
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What characteristics do the animal kingdom have?
Feed on other organisms (heterotrophic). Multicellular. No cell walls.
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What characteristics do the plant kingdom have?
Use light energy to produce food during photosynthesis. Cell walls are made of cellulose.
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Specialised kidneys - produce very concentrated urine, no sweat glands, spend time in underground burrows - air contains more moisture
How are certain animals adapted to living in dry environments?
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What are the 5 Kingdoms?
Plants, Animals, Fungi, Protoctista (e.g. Algae), Prokaryotes (e.g. Bacteria)
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Features of an organism’s anatomy that helps it to survive
What are anatomical adaptations?
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How a species fits into its ecosystem, depending on things like where they live and feed on.
What is an ecological niche?
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Have a rounded shape (high SA:v ratio), have a thick waxy layer (cuticle) and spines - reduce water loss, store water in stems, have shallow roots to absorb water fast.
How have desert plants adapted to living in dry conditions?
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Shells (carbonates) - organism dies, shell sinks to bottom, becomes limestone. Released as CO₂ in volcanic eruptions/weathering. Sea absorbs amount of CO₂ in ‘carbon sinks’.
How is carbon recycled in the sea?
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What is interspecific competition?
When organisms compete for resources against individuals of another species.
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(energy available to next level ÷ energy that was available to previous level) x 100
How is efficiency in a food chain calculated?
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What are extremophiles?
Organisms that are adapted to live in seriously extreme conditions like volcanic vents or at high pressure on sea bed.
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Providing for needs of today’s increasing population without harming environment.
What is sustainable development?
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Waterlogged soils and highly acidic soils.
What conditions make recycling carbon slower?
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What are the classes for humans?
Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo, Sapiens
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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
How are organisms classified after kingdoms?
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Genetic variation, viability of populations, available habitats, interaction between species.
What factors evaluate how successful a conservation programme is?
