Ecology

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Ecology

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The study of plants and the relationship between them

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Environment

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Everything that surrounds an animal or plant

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Habitat

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The place where a plant or animal lives

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Community

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All the different populations that live In the habitat

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Interdependence

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Is how organisms depend on each other for their survival (buttercups depend on bee for food and bees depend on buttercups for pollination)

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Ecosystem

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All the plants and animals in an area interacting with each other and their environment

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Biome

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An ecosystem that extends over a very large area Eg - Rainforest

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Biosphere

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All of the earths ecosystems and biomes

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Producer

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Plants that make their own food

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Consumer

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Animals that get their food by eating plants or other animals

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Herbivore

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An animals that eat plant only

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Carnivore

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An animal that eats other animals

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals

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Decomposer

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Organisms that feed on dead animals and plants . They are very important because they break down dead things and release lots of minerals into the soil

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Food chain

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Show how one organism eats another and so on

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Green plants

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Start the food chain because they are the only ones who can make food

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Feeding level

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The position of an organism on the food chain

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Energy

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Gets less and less as you go along the food chain

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Food web

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Is two or more interconnected food chains

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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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Adaptations

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Feature that give organisms a better cancers of surviving in their habitat

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Dandelion adaptation

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Dandelions has long roots to reach deep down to get water and that compete for space by spreading their seeds in the wind

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Hedgehog adaptation

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They are a s excellence sense of smell that makes they good at finding food . Their spikes help fight off predators and they are broken in color to help they camouflage .

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Abiotic and biotic factors

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Plants and animals are affected by living and non-living factors in their environment

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Abiotic factors

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Are non-living Eg - weather , soil and type of landscape

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Biotic factors

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Are living Eg - competition , predation and symbiosis

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Predation

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Controls the number of organisms in an ecosystem

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Symbiosis

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A relationship between organism of species where at lest one benefits Eg cleaner fish eat parasites out of eels mouths

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Population

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A group of organisms of the same species living in the same habitat

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Balance of nature

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Over time the number of species in an ecosystem reaches a steady state .

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Prey

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The organism being hunted

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Niche

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The role of an organism within a habitat

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Biomass

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The quantity of matter in an organism

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Feeding relationship

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The way energy and nutrients are passed from one another

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Qualitative survey

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A list of the different species in the habitat

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Quadrat

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Used to survey plants in a habitat

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Identification key

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Used when you are unaware of the species you can use this to find out

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Quantitive survey

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Collects numerical data about the species in the habitat

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Frequency

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Percentage chance of a species being present and randomly chosen quadrat

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Percentage cover

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The area of ground covered by plants or animals

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Distribution

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Records the area within a habitat where a species is found

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Abundance

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Refers to the size of a population of species

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Line transects

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The distribution of organisms in a habitat is investigated using this

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Conservation

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

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Natural resources

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Includes land , rivers , seas , plants and animals

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Pollution

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Adding unwanted waste to the environment causing damage to it

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The balance of nature can be damage

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If one organism is damaged it can be harmful to many other plants and animals

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Air pollution

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

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Fossil fuels

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When they are burned they produce carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide - these dissolve in rainwater to create carbonic acid and sulfuric acid - this acid rain causes damage to plants and animals

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Soil pollution

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Caused by pesticides artificial fertilizers and acid rain

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Water pollution

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Rivers , lakes and seas are polluted by fertilizers , sewage , oil and detergent- fertilizers seep into rivers and cause too much plant growth , bacteria populations boom as they feed on the dead plants and no oxygen is left for fish

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Incineration

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

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Landfill

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Burying the waste underground , damages soil , rivers and ground water , attracts rodents , disease causing , bad smell , difficulties because nobody wants to love her this

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3 R’s

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Reduce , reuse , recycle to make sure that we don’t damage our environment and that future generations will have a place to live

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Reduce

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Use your own bag , don’t pick things that are prepackaged (use less extra packaging )

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Recycle

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Paper , glass , some metals and plastics can be processed and reused , this reduces damage to the environment