ecology

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

study of homes

Question 2

species

Answer 2

group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of successfully exchanging genes or interbreeding

Question 3

population

Answer 3

group of individuals of the same species that live in the same ecosystem at the same time

Question 4

communities

Answer 4

different populations that interact with eachother in the same community

Question 5

ecosystems

Answer 5

all the living and non living things in an environment and different ways they interact with each other.

Question 6

biosphere

Answer 6

hydroshpere,lithosphere and atmoshpere

Question 7

biotic

Answer 7

living

Question 8

abiotic

Answer 8

non living

Question 9

niche

Answer 9

role of living thing in ecosystem

Question 10

symbiosis

Answer 10

organisms that depend on each other

Question 11

mutualism

Answer 11

both parties benefit from relationship

Question 12

commensalism

Answer 12

one party benefits

Question 13

parasitism

Answer 13

one party benefits, the other does not

Question 14

7 life processes

Answer 14

move, breath, reproduce, excrete, eat, grow, sensitivity (MRS GREN)

Question 15

what factors can upset a balanced ecosystem?

Answer 15

natural factors- floods, draught, temperature changes

human factors- agriculture, urbanisation and indistrialisation, poaching, deforestation

Question 16

biodiversity

Answer 16

variety of different ecosystems

Question 17

benefits of biodiversity

Answer 17

possible medicines, eco tourism, food sources, aesthetic reasons

Question 18

adaptations

Answer 18

changes in the body to fit an environment or ecosystem

Question 19

adaptations of camel

Answer 19

two rows of eyelashes, fat stores in humps, nostrils can be closed

Question 20

conservation

Answer 20

aim of protecting a species, habitat and ecosystem from extinction

Question 21

how?

Answer 21

control alien vegetation, preserve wetlands, reduce, reuse, recycle, ise ekectricity and water sparingly

Question 22

independent variable

Answer 22

variable that is changed to effect the dependsnt variable (what we are testing)

Question 23

dependant variable

Answer 23

what is being measured, what is changing or what we are observing