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1
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Why is the leaf green?

A

Green pigment in the chlorophyll which is in the chloroplast

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2
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Plants and algae are….

A

Producers

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3
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What do plants and algae use to make their OWN food?

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Sunlight

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4
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Plants and algae use …… to make glucose

A

Carbon dioxide

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5
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Plants and algae use …… to make oxygen

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Energy

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Anaerobic respiration is ……. oxygen

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Without

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7
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The equation for anaerobic respiration is ….

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Glucose —-> energy + lactic acid

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8
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Aerobic respiration is ….. Oxygen

A

With

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9
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The equation for aerobic respiration is….

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Glucose + oxygen —-> energy + lactic acid

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Energy is lost by …. in food chains/webs

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Breathing, moving etc.

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11
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Bioaccumulation is …..

A

The chemicals which are passed down the food chain (insect chemicals etc.)

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A niche is ….

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A particular role or place that an organism (plant or animal) has within an ecosystem.

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13
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Interdependence is….

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The way in which organism (plant or animal) depend on each other (grow and reproduce)

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14
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A habitat is ….

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A place where plants or animals live

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A carnivore is ….

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A meat eating animal

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16
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A producer is ….

A

A green plant which makes its own food by photosynthesis

17
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A herbivore is ….

A

An animal that only eats plants

18
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A consumer is ….

A

An animal that feeds on plants or other animals

19
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Biomass is …..

A

Only from a plant

20
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Food chains show ….

A

What an organism eats and shows the transfer of energy between organism

21
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Food webs show …..

A

Different food chains joined together.

22
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Plants get magnesium and calcium from …..

A

Their roots which are in the soil

23
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Chemosynthesis is …

A

Chemical reactions used to make glucose with out oxygen and light and is used by bacteria

24
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The equation for photosynthesis

A

Carbon dioxide + water —-> glucose + oxygen

25
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Anaerobic respiration breaks down ….. With out oxygen to release …..

A

Glucose energy

26
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Aerobic respiration breaks down ….. With oxygen to release …..

A

Glucose energy

27
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Leaves have large surface area to absorb ….

A

Sunlight

28
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Leaves are thin for …..

A

Quick diffusion

29
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Photosynthesis takes place in the

A

Chloroplast

30
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Stomata allows …..

A

Carbon dioxide in

31
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Veins consist of xylem and phloem to get

A

Water and nutrients

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