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

Os the place where an animal or plant lives

Question 3

Interdependent

Answer 3

Is how organisms depend on each other for there survival

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

All the plants and animals is an area interacting with each other and their environment EG: desert, tropical, rainforest, grasslands seashores

Question 5

Ecology

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Producer

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Consumer

Answer 7

Animals that get their food by eating plants or other animals

Question 8

Herbivore

Answer 8

An Animal that eats plants only E.G rabbit, sheep, slug, snail

Question 9

Carnivore

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Omnivore

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Decomposer

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Energy

Answer 12

The energy os any food chain comes from the sun

The amount of energy gets less and less as you go along the food chain

Question 13

Food web

Answer 13

Is two or more interconnecting food chains

Question 14

Competition

Answer 14

Occurs when two or more organisms seek a resource 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

Adaptations

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

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

Question 19

Hedgehog adaptations

Answer 19

Excellent sense of smell to make them good at finding food

Spikes to fight off predators

Colour which makes them camouflaged so predators can’t find them easily

Question 20

Conversation

Answer 20

Is the protection, preservation and careful use of our natural resources

Question 21

Pollution

Answer 21

Is adding of unwanted wastes to the environment causing damage to it

If one organism is damaged it can be harmful to many other plants and animals
The balance of nature can be damaged

Question 22

Air pollution

Answer 22

Caused by smoke, dust and harmful gases- most of theses come from cars, busses, factory’s and power stations

Question 23

Acid rain

Answer 23

When fossil fuels are burned they produce gases called carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide

They dissolve in rain water to form carbonic acid and sulfuric acid

This acid rain damages plants and building

Question 24

Soil pollution

Answer 24

Caused by pesticides, artificial fertilisers and acid rain. Chemicals sink into the soil and can be observed by plants, get passed up the food chain and can cause illness

Question 25

Water pollution

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Rivers lakes and 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 26

How do we deal with waste

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Landfill

Answer 27

Burying the waste in ground water, attracts rodents, disease causing, bad smell, difficulties as nobody wants to live near landfills sites

Question 28

3 R's

Answer 28

Reduce Reuse Recycle