Ecology

Question 1

What is ecology

Answer 1

Ecology is the study of the earth and ecosystems

Question 2

What is a community

Answer 2

A community is a group of organisms that interact with each other in a certain location

Question 3

What is and ecosystem

Answer 3

An ecosystem is a group of organisms that live and interact with each other.

Question 4

What is population

Answer 4

Population is the amount of organisms in an area.

Question 5

What is an organism

Answer 5

A group of organelles that join to form a living organism

Question 6

What are Biotic factors

Answer 6

Living parts of a habitat

Question 7

What are Abiotic factors

Answer 7

Non-living parts of a habitat

Question 8

What does the term niche mean

Answer 8

A job or role in a habitat

Question 9

What is a habitat

Answer 9

A place where an organism lives

Question 10

Give three things that need to survive

Answer 10

Oxygen-respiration, food-to eat, water-to drink

Question 11

Give three things that animals compete for

Answer 11

Mates, status, food

Question 12

Give four thing that plants need to survive

Answer 12

CO2(carbon dioxide), light, water, mineral ions

Question 13

Give three things that plants compete for

Answer 13

Light, space, water

Question 14

What is an adaptation

Answer 14

An adaptation is something that an organism has developed(e.g. large ears) to help them survive.

Question 15

Give four things that microorganisms need for survival

Answer 15

Oxygen-some
Sunlight-some
Water
Food

Question 16

Give the three types of adaptation

Answer 16

Structural, behavioural, functional

Question 17

Give the definition for structural adaptations

Answer 17

Changes of an organisms body structure

Question 18

Give the definition for behavioural adaptations

Answer 18

Changes in the way organisms behave

Question 19

Give the definition for functional adaptations

Answer 19

Chemical processes that take place inside an organisms body

Question 20

Give an example of a structural adaptation

Answer 20

Cacti have spines and extensive root systems

Question 21

Give an example of a behavioural adaptation

Answer 21

Plant shoots grow towards the light and their roots towards water

Question 22

Give an example of a functional adaptation

Answer 22

Nightshade contain deadly poisons.

Question 23

What is the difference between population and distribution

Answer 23

Population density represents the average number of organisms in a set area, whereas distribution density is how the organisms are spread out

Question 24

Why is sampling important

Answer 24

Because we cannot count every organism.

Question 25

What is a quadrat

Answer 25

It is a randomly placed sample zone

Question 26

What is a transect

Answer 26

A transect is a path which someone counts and records occurrences of the object of study.

Question 27

What is a food web

Answer 27

A web of organisms that start with the producer and end with the consumer

Question 28

Give an example of a food web

Answer 28

Algae->crab->trout

Question 29

What is trophic level 1

Answer 29

Producers

Question 30

What is trophic level 2

Answer 30

Primary consumers

Question 31

What is trophic level 3

Answer 31

Secondary consumers

Question 32

What is trophic level 4

Answer 32

Apex predator/tertiary consumer