Biologly

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

is the study of plants, animals and their environment, and the relationship between them

Question 2

Environment

Answer 2

is everything that surrounds an animal or plant (for example air, water, rocks and soil)

Question 3

Habitat

Answer 3

is the place where a plant or animal lives

Question 4

Interdependence

Answer 4

is how organisms depend on each other for their survival

Question 5

Producer

Answer 5

plants that make their own food e.g. grass, dandelion, nettles

Question 6

Consumer

Answer 6

Animals that get their food by eating plants or other animals e.g.

Question 7

Herbivore

Answer 7

An animal that eats plants only e.g. rabbit, sheep, slug, snail

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

an animal that eats other animals only e.g. fox, hawk, ladybird

Question 9

Omnivore

Answer 9

an animal that eats both plants and animals e.g. badger, thrush, blackbird, humans

Question 10

Decomposers

Answer 10

Organisms that feed on dead plants and animals e.g. earthworms, bacteria, fungi. (Decomposers are very important as they break down dead things and release lots of minerals into the soil)

Question 11

Competition

Answer 11

occurs when two or more organisms seek a resource that is limited

Question 12

Plants compete

Answer 12

for light, water, minerals and space

Question 13

Animals compete

Answer 13

for food, shelter, territory and mates

Question 14

Adaptions

Answer 14

are features that give an organism a better chance of surviving in their habitat

Question 15

Incineration

Answer 15

burning the waste, this can release dangerous gases into the atmosphere, difficulties with location nobody wants to live near an incinerator

Question 16

Landfill

Answer 16

Burying the waste in ground – damages soil, rivers and ground water, attracts rodents, disease causing, bad smell, difficulties as nobody wants to live near landfill sites

Question 17

Pooter

Answer 17

Used to pick up small insects
Suck on the end with the gauze and the insect is sucked into the container

Question 18

Sweep net

Answer 18

Swept through long grass or hedges to collect insects e.g. butterflies

Question 19

Beating tray

Answer 19

Used to collect small animals e.g. caterpillars from trees and shrubs

Question 20

Pitfall trap

Answer 20

Collects small, crawling animals
• A jam jar/ cup, dug into the ground, with a cover over it to stop rain getting in
• Alcohol/ anti- freeze is in the bottom to kill them (so they don’t eat each other)

Question 21

Quadrat

Answer 21

• For estimating the number of plants in an area
• A pencil is thrown over your shoulder, and the quadrat is placed on the ground over it randomly, 10 times
• The plants in the frame are recorded each time
• This can be used to find the % frequency and a bar chart can be drawn

Question 22

Line transect

Answer 22

• A line transect is a long
piece of rope with knots in it
• The name of the
plant under each knot is noted

Question 23

Keys

Answer 23

• Plants and animals may be identified using simple keys (See Living things chapter)
• Itisasetof questions which are used to identify the organism