Ecosystems Flashcards

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1
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What is used in sprinting?

A

Anaerobic respiration

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2
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What’s the word equation for anaerobic respiration in humans?

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Glucose➡️lactic acid (+energy)

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3
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Word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast (fermentation)?

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Glucose➡️ethanol + carbon dioxide (+energy)

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4
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What is a niche?

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A particular place or role an organism has within an ecosystem

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5
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Why do you keep breathing heavily when you finish exercising?

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Because of oxygen debt - you need the extra oxygen to break down the lactic acid you have made

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What is the word equation for photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide+water➡️oxygen+glucose

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What are the four main minerals that a plant needs for growth

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Nitrates, phosphates, potassium and magnesium

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What is bioaccumulation

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What we call the building up of toxic chemicals in the organisms of a food chain

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If two organisms both depend on each other for something what are they called

A

Interdependent

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10
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In a food chain what do the arrows show

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The flow of energy

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What is the equation for aerobic respiration

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Glucose+oxygen➡️carbon dioxide+water (+energy)

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12
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Where on the leaf does most of the photosynthesis take place

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Palisade cells

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13
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What do we call the place where an animal or plant lives

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Habitat

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14
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Where does the photosynthesis takes place

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Chloroplasts

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15
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Where does aerobic respiration happen

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In the mitochondria

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16
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What is fertiliser

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Chemicals that are added to the soil to help plants grow

17
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What is chlorophyll

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The green pigment found inside chloroplasts that absorb light energy

18
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What is photosynthesis

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The process that plants and algae carry out to make their own food

19
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What is the stomata

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Tiny holes on the bottom of the leaf

20
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Some bacteria can use energy released by chemical reactions to make their own food (glucose) what is this called

A

Chemosynthesis