Ecology

Question 1

Environment

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Habitat

Answer 2

Is the place were a plant or animal lives.

Question 3

Interdependence

Answer 3

Is how organisms depend on eachother for their survival.(BUTTERCUPS DEPEND ON BEES,BEES NEED BUTTERCUPS!).

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Producer

Answer 5

Plants that make their own food e.g grass,dandelion,nettles.

Question 6

Consumer

Answer 6

Animals that get their food by eating plants or other animals.

Question 7

Herbivore

Answer 7

An animal that eats plants only e.g rabbit sheep.

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Omnivore

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Decomposer

Answer 10

Organisms that feed on dead plants and animals e.g earthworms,bacteria,fungi.

Question 11

Ecology

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Energy

Answer 12

The energy in any food chain comes from the sun.

Question 13

Food web

Answer 13

A food web is two or more interconnected food chains.

Question 14

Competition

Answer 14

Occurs when two or more organisms seek that is limited.

Question 15

Plants compete for

Answer 15

Light,water,minerals and space.

Question 16

Animals compete for

Answer 16

Food,shelter,territory and mates.

Question 17

Adaptation

Answer 17

Are features that give an organism a better chance of surviving in their habitat.

Question 18

Dandelion adaptations

Answer 18

Long roots to get water, competes for space to get water.

Question 19

Hedgehog adaptations

Answer 19

Excellent science of smell to make them good at finding food,
Spikes to fight off predetors,
And they can camouflage.

Question 20

Conservation and pollution

Answer 20

Conservation is the protection,preservation and carful use of natural resources.

Question 21

Pollution

Answer 21

Is adding unwanted wastes to the environment causing damage to it.
If one organism is damaged it can be harmful to many other plants and animals.

Question 22

Air pollution

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Acid rain

Answer 23

When fossil fuels are burned they produce gases called carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide,these dissolve into rain water to form carbonic acid. This acid rain damages plants and buildings.

Question 24

Soil pollution

Answer 24

Caused by pesticides,artificial fertilisers and acid rain. Chemicals sink into the soil and can be absorbed by plants, if it gets passed up through the food chain it can cause illness.

Question 25

Water pollution

Answer 25

Rivers,lakes and seas are polluted by fertilisers,sewage,oil and detergents,they cause too much plant growth,bacteria populations boom as they feed an dead plants and oxygen is left for fish.

Question 26

Incineration

Answer 26

Burning the waste this can realise dangerous gases into the atmosphere.difficulties with location nobody wants to live near an incinerator.

Question 27

Landfill

Answer 27

Burying the waste in the ground-damages soil,rivers and ground water,attracts rodents,disease causing,bad smell,difficulties because nobody wants to live beside one.

Question 28

3 R’s

Answer 28

Reduce Reuse Recycle