Ecosystems

Question 1

anther

Answer 1

The male part of a flower that produces pollen.

Question 2

bioaccumulation

Answer 2

The build-up of toxic chemicals inside organisms in a food chain.

Question 3

carpel

Answer 3

The female part of the flower, made up of the stigma where the pollen lands, style, and ovary.

Question 4

community

Answer 4

The collection of the different types of organism present in an ecosystem.

Question 5

competition

Answer 5

Competing with other organisms for resources.

Question 6

consumer

Answer 6

Animal that eats other animals or plants.

Question 7

decomposer

Answer 7

Organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material so nutrients can be recycled back to the soil or water.

Question 8

ecosystem

Answer 8

The living things in a given area and their non-living environment.

Question 9

environment

Answer 9

The surrounding air, water, and soil where an organism lives.

Question 10

fertilisation

Answer 10

Joining of a nucleus from a male and female sex cell.

Question 11

filament

Answer 11

The part of a flower that holds up the anther.

Question 12

food chain

Answer 12

Part of a food web, starting with a producer and ending with a top predator. This diagram shows the transfer of energy between organisms.

Question 13

food web

Answer 13

A diagram that shows how food chains in an ecosystem are linked.

Question 14

fruit

Answer 14

Structure that the ovary becomes after fertilisation, which contains seeds.

Question 15

germination

Answer 15

The period of time when a seed starts to grow.

Question 16

habitat

Answer 16

The area in which an organism lives.

Question 17

interdependence

Answer 17

The way in which living organisms depend on each other to survive, grow, and reproduce.

Question 18

niche

Answer 18

A particular place or role that an organism has in an ecosystem.

Question 19

ovary

Answer 19

The part of a flower that contains ovules.

Question 20

ovule

Answer 20

Female sex cells in plants found in the ovary.

Question 21

petal

Answer 21

A brightly coloured part of a flower that attracts insects.

Question 22

pollen

Answer 22

Contains the plant male sex cells found on the stamens.

Question 23

pollination

Answer 23

Transfer of pollen from the male part of the flower to the female part of the flower on the same or another plant.

Question 24

population

Answer 24

Group of the same species living in an area.

Question 25

predator

Answer 25

An animal that eats other animals.

Question 26

prey

Answer 26

An animal that is eaten by another animal.

Question 27

producer

Answer 27

Green plant or algae that makes its own food using sunlight by the process of photosynthesis.

Question 28

seed

Answer 28

Structure that contains the embryo of a new plant.

Question 29

seed dispersal

Answer 29

The movement of seeds away from the parent plant.

Question 30

sepal

Answer 30

The special leaves found under the flower, which protect unopened buds.

Question 31

stamen

Answer 31

The male reproductive parts of the flower.

Question 32

stigma

Answer 32

The female part of a flower that is sticky to catch grains of pollen.

Question 33

style

Answer 33

The female part of a flower that holds up the stigma.