Ecology

Question 0

Environment

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

Question 1

Ecology

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

Question 2

Habitat

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The place where a plant or animal lives

Question 3

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

Question 5

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

Conservation

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

Question 19

Our natural resources

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Land,rivers,seas,plants and animals

Question 20

Pollution

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Is adding unwanted wastes to the environment causing damage to it

Question 21

Air pollution

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

Question 22

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

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Caused by pesticides artificial fertilisers and acid rain

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Water pollution

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Rivers,lakes and seas are polluted by fertilisers,sewage,oil and detergents

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Household waste

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Rubbish

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Medical waste

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Can cause disease

Question 28

Industrial waste

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Can be toxic and kill fish

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Nuclear wastes

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Radioactive

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Incineration

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Burning the wastes,this can release dangerous gases into the atmosphere,difficulties with location nobody wants to live near an incinerator

Question 31

Landfill

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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

Question 32

Recycling

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Paper,glass,some metals and plastic can be processed and recycled and reused (made into something else)

Question 33

Reduce

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To use less and use your own bag,do not pick the items with extra packaging

Question 34

Pollutant

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The object of pollution e.g. Sewage in a river