Competitng And Biological Factors

Question 1

What is competition?

Answer 1

Animals and plants having to compete for limited resources. The best animals or plants will win and survive.

Question 2

Name 4 factors plants need

Answer 2

Light

Water

Nutrients

Space

Question 3

Name 4 factors animals need

Answer 3

Mates (same specie to reproduce )

Territory and space

Water

Nutrients

Question 4

What is a biotic factor ?

Answer 4

Temperature

Light

Wind

Question 5

How do waterlilies compete for light ?

Answer 5

Floating on top of the pond above submerged plants

This works successfully because it reduces competition for for plants as they are above other plants

Question 6

Why might organism try and avoid fight and competition?

Answer 6

The shoring or resources means that organisms can co - exist more peacefully

Question 7

What happens when a proportion of species get smaller ?

Answer 7

There is less food for the predictor

Question 8

What do predictors reduce ?

Answer 8

Number of preys

Question 9

Explain the factor of having thick fur ?

Answer 9

Dries quickly

Question 10

Explain the adaptation to have white fur in winter

Answer 10

Camouflage with the snow

Question 11

Factor of having large claws

Answer 11

Grip

Question 12

Factor of having a layer of fat

Answer 12

Keep warm

Question 13

What happens when u have a large surface area ?

Answer 13

Lose more heat to radiation

Question 14

What happens when there’s large fur ?

Answer 14

This helps transfer heat entry to surrounding skins

Question 15

What happens to kidneys?

Answer 15

Concentrated urine and need little or nothing to drink .

Question 16

What happens in low surface ration ?

Answer 16

Reduce of transfer heat energy to the environment?

Question 17

What happens when animals have small ears ?

Answer 17

Reduce and cooling through energy transfer to the environment?

Question 18

What happens with white fur ?

Answer 18

To camouflage during winter in the snow

Question 19

What does low surface area cause ?

Answer 19

Reduces water loss

Question 20

What does and extension root system do ?

Answer 20

Allows plant to use as much water as possible