Ecological Relationships

Question 1

what is a habitat?

Answer 1

the area where an organism lives

Question 2

what are non living factors in a habitat called?

Answer 2

physical environment factors

Question 3

name 2 examples of physical environmental factors

Answer 3

how light it is and what temperature it is

Question 4

what are small areas in a habitat called?

Answer 4

micro habitats

Question 5

give an example of a micro habitat

Answer 5

the fur on a fox

Question 6

what do all the plants and animals that live in a habitat make up?

Answer 6

a community

Question 7

what is a population?

Answer 7

the total amount of species within a community

Question 8

give an example of a population

Answer 8

there will be a population of foxes in a wood

Question 9

what do organisms need in order to survive in a habitat?

Answer 9

food,water,oxygen,shelter,and a mate to reproduce

Question 10

what do plants need to survive?

Answer 10

light water,carbon dioxide in order to make food, nutrients,oxygen and space to grow

Question 11

why do organisms in a habitat have to be adapted to the environmental conditions within that habitat?

Answer 11

to survive

Question 12

what do members of the same community have in common?

Answer 12

similar adaptations to overcome the problems of that habitat

Question 13

give an example of similar adaptations organisms of the same community

Answer 13

many small animals and plants living in fast running rivers are adapted to stop then being swept away

Question 14

what are all the places where an organism is found called?

Answer 14

distribution

Question 15

give an example of distribution

Answer 15

in a pond habitat, pond skaters are found in the surface of the water

Question 16

what is each type of organism called?

Answer 16

a species

Question 17

what is species put into groups called?

Answer 17

classification

Question 18

what are the largest groups of animals called?

Answer 18

kingdoms

Question 19

what is the main difference between plants and animals?

Answer 19

plants can make their own food by photosynthesis

Question 20

what are the four main plant groups?

Answer 20

mosses, ferns, cabinets and flowering plants

Question 21

who are ecologists?

Answer 21

scientists who study habitats

Question 22

what is a pooter used for?

Answer 22

to collect small invertebrates

Question 23

what is a tullgreen funnel used for?

Answer 23

to collect invertebrates from leaf litter

Question 24

what does a pitfall trap do?

Answer 24

trips small animals that crawl along the ground

Question 25

what is tree beating used for?

Answer 25

to collect animals that live in trees or bushes

Question 26

what is pond dipping used for?

Answer 26

to collect organisms from different oars of a pond

Question 27

what is a sweep net used for?

Answer 27

to collect organisms from long grass

Question 28

what is a quadrat?

Answer 28

a sampling Square used to estimate plant populations

Question 29

give 2 examples of physical environment factors

Answer 29

how warm it is and how much oxygen is dissolved in pond water

Question 30

what do food chains and food webs show?

Answer 30

the feeding relationships between different organisms in a habitat

Question 31

what is the size of a population affected by?

Answer 31

animals competing for food,water and shelter. plants competing for light, water, nutrients and space

Question 32

what can kill organisms ?

Answer 32

disease

Question 33

how are the populations of predators and prey linked?

Answer 33

when there are a lot of prey organisms, the number of predators increase because they have plenty of food, this decreases the number of prey which then leads to a decrease in the number of predators