Ecology Flashcards

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Environment

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Is everything that surrounds an animal or plant (for example air,water rocks and soil

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Ecology

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Is the study of plants,animals and their environment and the relationship between them

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Habitat

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The place where a plant or animal lives

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What organisms live In a woodland habitat

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Hedgehogs,snails,foxes,oak,ash and beech trees and also primroses

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Interdependence

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Is how organisms depend on each other for their survival example buttercups need bees and bees need buttercups

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Ecosystem

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All the plants and animals in an area interacting with each other and their environment .E.g. Desert,tropical rainforest,grassland,seashore

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Producer

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Plants that make their own food e.g grass and nettles

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Consumer

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Animals that get their food by eating plants or other animals e.g herbivore and carnivore

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Herbivore

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An animal that eats plants only e.g rabbit,sheep slug,snail

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Carnivore

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An animal that eats other animals only e.g. Fox,hawk,ladybird

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals .e.g badger,thrush,blackbird,humans

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Decomposer

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Organisms that feed on dead plants and animals e.g earthworms,bacteria ,fungi (Decomposers are very important as they break down dead things and release lots of minerals into the soil

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Food chain

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Shows how one organism eats another an so on,must start with green plants

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Feeding level

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The position of an organism in a food chain

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Food web

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A food web is two or more interconnected food chains

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Competition

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When two or more organisms seek a resource that is limited e.g. Light,water,minerals,,space and home.Animals compete for food,shelter,territory and mates

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Adaptation

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Adaptations are features that give an organism a better chance of surviving in their habitat

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How are dandelions adapted to their surroundings

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They have a long root which means it reaches below the short root of grass to get water

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Conservation

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Conservation is the protection,preservation and careful use of our natural resources

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Our natural resources

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Land,rivers,seas,plants and animals

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Pollution

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Is adding unwanted wastes to the environment causing damage to it

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Air pollution

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Cause by smoke,dust and harmful gases - most of these come from cars,buses,factories and power stations

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Acid rain

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When fossil fuels are burned they produce gases called carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide these dissolve in rain water to form carbonic acid and sulfuric acid

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Damage acid rain can do

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Dissolve plants and buildings

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Soil pollution
Caused by pesticides artificial fertilisers and acid rain
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Water pollution
Rivers,lakes and seas are polluted by fertilisers,sewage,oil and detergents
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Household waste
Rubbish
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Medical waste
Can cause disease
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Industrial waste
Can be toxic and kill fish
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Nuclear wastes
Radioactive
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Incineration
Burning the wastes,this can release dangerous gases into the atmosphere,difficulties with location nobody wants to live near an incinerator
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Landfill
Burying the waste in the ground- damages soil and rivers and ground water,attracts rodents,disease causing,bad smell,difficulties as nobody want to live near landfill sites
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Recycling
Paper,glass,some metals and plastic can be processed and recycled and reused (made into something else)
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Reduce
To use less and use your own bag,do not pick the items with extra packaging
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Pollutant
The object of pollution e.g. Sewage in a river