B9 Habitats Flashcards
These flash cards are on Living things in their environment (habitats). You need to be familiar with page 16-17 of 'Ard Facts.
In a food chain, the type of organism which uses energy from the sun is a…
Producer
A primary consumer is likely to eat a…
Producer
Herbivores feed on…
Producers only
Carnivores feed on…
Consumers only
Omnivores feed on…
Producers and consumers
In a habitat, pike feed on trout and perch. If the trout were removed, what would be the effect on pike? Use the words ‘the population of pike’ in your answer.
The population of Pike would reduce because there is less food available.
Animals that are active only at night are said to be…
Nocturnal
In order to find feeding or breeding grounds an animal may…
Migrate
If there are 10 daisies growing in an average square metre of lawn, how many daisies are there in total if the area of the lawn is 40 square metres?
10 per square metre X 40 = 400 daisies
The population of daisies on a lawn could be best measured with…
A quadrat
It’s a square grid that can be placed at random in your habitat to count different species.
Explain why it is important for farmers to control the amount of pesticides sprayed on crops.
Pesticides may get inside animals and plants but not always kill them.
The chemicals get passed up the food chains.
Animals at the top of the food chain can get a concentrated dose of the chemicals, which can be harmful.
We are at the top of many food chains!
Name a habitat you have studied and name two physical factors that you have measured.
Clue: Physical factors are things like temperature, availability of water, soil pH (how acidic or alkaline) and light intensity.
Suggest a plant from your habitat whose population is affected by competition. Name the other animals or plants involved.
For example: The population of ______ is affected by competition with ____ for _____
Name an animal you have studied and suggest how it adapts to seasonal changes in the environment (over a year).
For example, an animal that hibernates or migrates to make the best of the weather or food availability.
Name a plant you have studied and suggest how it adapts to daily changes in the environment.
For example, many plants react to light by moving or protecting their flowers at night.