Biodiversity Test Flashcards
what is a habitat
place where an organism lives
what is an ecosystem
living thing and their habitat
what is a population
group of organisms of same species
what is a community
all populations of plants and animals living together
what is biodiversity
the variety of all living things
what is an organism
a living thing
what are all the sampling techniques
Pooter
Pitfall trap
Quadrat
Pond netting
Tree beating
What does a pooter do
a tube from you moth where you suck on it attached to a cup with a bug inside but only to small bug and making sure not to actually swallow the bug.
what does a pitfall trap do
collects any small bug( beetle, ants ect) with a cup in the soil burried and hidden well and the bugs will fall into. You have to keep checking on them so that they have not escaped or died of hunger.
what does a quadrat do
it’s a checkered square which tests how many of the same species of flowers and slow moving animals.
what does pond netting do
pond netting is where you have a fine net with tiny holes and it’s where you sweep the net through a pond or lake and collect all of the species and then put them back into the water.
what does tree beating do
it’s where you have a cloth at the bottom to collect all of the insects falling and you have to basically smack(or shake) a tree or branch.
