Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

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

Question 2

The environment

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

Question 3

The habitat

Answer 3

Is the place where an animal or plant lives

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Interdependence

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Is how organisms depend on each other for their survival (for example buttercups depend on bees, bees depend on buttercups)

Question 5

Ecosystem

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All the animal and plants in an area interacting with each other and their environment (example desert, tropical, rainforest, grassland, seashore)

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Producer

Answer 6

Plants that make their own food (example grass)

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Consumer

Answer 7

Animals that get their food by eating plants or other animals (example fox)

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Herbivore

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An animal that eats plants only (example rabbit, sheep, slug, snail)

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Carnivore

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An animal that eats other animals only ( example fox, hawk, ladybird)

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals (example badger, thrush, blackbird, humans)

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Energy

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The energy in any food chain comes from the sun

Question 12

A food web

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Single food chains are rare, most are INTER-CONNECTED

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Competition

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Occurs when two or more organisms seek a resource that is limited

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Plants

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Compete for light, water, minerals and space

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Animals

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Compete for food, shelter, territory and mates

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Adaptations

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

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Dandelion adaptation

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Compete for space because they are able to spread their seeds in the wind

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Hedgehog adaptations

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Excellent sense of smell to Make them good at finding food

Spikes to fight off predators

Colour which makes them camouflage in the wood land

Question 19

Pollution

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Is adding unwanted waste to the environment causing damage to it

If a poisonous waste builds up animals or plants may die

Question 20

Air pollution

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Caused by smoke, dust and harmful gases. Most come from cars, buses, factories and power stations

Question 21

Acid rain

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When fossil fuels are burned they produce faces called carbon dioxide and surfer dioxide. These dissolve in rainwater to form carbonic acid and sulfuric acid. This rain damages plants and buildings

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Soil pollution

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Caused by pesticides, artificial fertilisers and acid rain. Chemicals sink into the soil can the absorbed by plants and cause illness

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Water pollution

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Rivers, lakes, seas are polluted by fertilisers, sewage, oil and detergents they cause too much plant growth, bacteria populations boom as they feed on dead plants and no oxygen is left for the fish

Question 24

Incineration

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