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 where a plant or animal lives

Question 3

Interdependence

Answer 3

Is how organisms depend on each other for their survival. E.g (buttercups depend on bees, bees need buttercups!)

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

All the plants and animals in an area interesting with each other and their environment. E.g (desert, tropical rainforest, grasslands, seashore.

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. E.g.

Question 7

Herbivore

Answer 7

An animal that eats plants only e.g. (Rabbit, sheep, slug, snail)

Question 8

Carnival

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Omnivore

Answer 9

An animal that eats both plants and animals e.g. (Badger, thrush, blackbird, 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

A food web

Answer 12

A food web is two or more interconnected food chains

Question 13

Competition

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Plants

Answer 14

Complete for light, water, minerals and space

Question 15

Animals

Answer 15

Complete for food, shelter, territory and mates

Question 16

Adaptations

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Dandelion adaptations

Answer 17

Long roots to get water, completes for space because they are able to spread their seeds in the world

Question 18

Conservation pollution

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Pollution

Answer 19

Is adding unwanted wastes to the environment causing damage to it.if one organism is damages it can be harmful to many other plants and animals:the balance of nature can be damaged

Question 20

Air pollution

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Acid rain

Answer 21

When fossil fuels are burned they produce gases called carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide.these dissolve in water to for. Carbonic acid and sulfuric acid. This acid rain damages plants and buildings

Question 22

Soil pollution

Answer 22

Caused by pesticed, artificial fertilisers and acid rain. Chemicals sink into soil and can be absorbed by plants, get passed up the food chain and can caused illness. Chemicals can also seep into rivers and cause pollution there

Question 23

Water pollution

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Incineration

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Landfill

Answer 25

Burying the waste in ground - damages soil, rivers and ground water, attracts rodents, disease causing, bad smell, difficulties as nobody wants to live near landfill sites

Question 26

3 r’s

Answer 26

Reduce, reuse, and recycle