Biology knowledge check

Question 1

think of organisms

Biodiversity

Answer 1

the variety of living organisms

Question 2

dead

carrion

Answer 2

decaying flesh and tissue of dead animals

Question 3

a group of people is a…..

community

Answer 3

made up of the populations of different species living in a habitat

Question 4

consumers

Answer 4

feed on other organiss for their energy. can be primary secondary or tertiary

Question 5

decomposers

Answer 5

organisms which feed on dead and decaying organisms and break down the biomass and release nutrients into the soil

Question 6

deforestation

Answer 6

the removal and destruction of trees in forest and woodland

Question 7

ecosystem

Answer 7

the interaction between the living organisms and the different factors of the environment

Question 8

global warming

Answer 8

increase if the average global temperature

Question 9

habitat

Answer 9

where a living orgais lives

Question 10

interdependence

Answer 10

the innteraction between two ot more organisms where it is mutually beneficial

Question 11

population

Answer 11

the numver of individual organisms od a sungle specues living in a habitat

Question 12

prey

Answer 12

the animas which are eaten by the predators

Question 13

predators

Answer 13

organisms which kill for food

Question 14

producers

Answer 14

convert the sun’s energy into useful compounds through photosynthesus they are green plants or algae

Question 15

scavengers

Answer 15

organisms which feed on dead animals

Question 16

species

Answer 16

organisms of similar morphology which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring