Biodiversity

Question 1

Name the seven life processes.

Answer 1

Move, cellular respiration, sensitive to the environment, grow, reproduce so they don’t go extinct, excrete waste and need nutrition.

Question 2

What is cellular respiration?

Answer 2

Cellular respiration is when organisms release energy from their food.

Question 3

What are 5 requirements for life?

Answer 3

Energy, gases, water, soil, and favourable temperatures.

Question 4

What gas do living organisms need for cellular respiration?

Answer 4

Oxygen.

Question 5

What waste products do animals produce during cellular respiration?

Answer 5

Water and carbon dioxide.

Question 6

What gas do green plants need to photosynthesise?

Answer 6

Carbon dioxide.

Question 7

What does soil provide for plants?

Answer 7

Support, minerals and water.

Question 8

Can organisms live on Earth without the atmosphere?

Answer 8

No, gasses are one of the requirements for life and if there is no atmosphere there is no gas.

Question 9

What is an adaptation?

Answer 9

1. Anything that helps an organisms survive in its environment is an adaptation.
2. The ability of living things to adjust to different conditions within their environments.

Question 10

Name 6 types of adaptations.

Answer 10

1. Structural adaptation
2. Protective colouration
3. Mimicry
4. Behaviour adaptations
5. Migration
6. Hibernation

Question 11

Name 7 adaptation of a camel.

Answer 11

1. Can close its nostrils
2. White coloured skin
3. Flat hooves
4. Long eyelashes
5. Humps store fat
6. Two toes give grip
7. Thick fur