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Ecosystems Flashcards

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What is an ecosystem?

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A system in which organisms interact with each other and with their environment

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What is abiotic?

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Non-living things

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Give examples of abiotic things.

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  • Air
  • Water
  • Heat
  • Rocks
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4
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What is biotic?

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Living things

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Give examples of biotic things

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  • pLants
  • Insects
  • Animals
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What is Flora?

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Plants

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What is Fauna?

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Animals

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8
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What do food chains show?

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Where energy is transferred and where it goes next

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What is a producer?

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Organisms that collect their energy from the sun

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What do producers turn their energy from the sun to?

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Glucose

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How do producers create glucose?

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Through photosynthesis

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12
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Give examples of producers.

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Plants;
Grass
Trees

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WHat are consumers?

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Organsims that collect theri energy by eatng porducers or other consumers

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What are herbivores?

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Animals that only eat plants

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What are omnivores?

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Animals that plants and meat

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What are decompsers?

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Organisms that breakdown plant and animal materisl

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17
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Give examples of decomposers.

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  • earthworm

- fungi

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18
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Where are polar ecosystmes usually located?

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Above theequator

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19
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Give examples of where polar ecosystems might be.

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Antartica
noth pole
Greenland

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What is the climate like in polar ecosystems?

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Long cold winters 
short sumners
-46 to - 26 degrees
250mm of rainfall every year 
Wet seasons
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21
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What type id flora a re in polar ecosystems?

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  • Alpine like flowering
  • Mosses
  • Grasses
  • shrubs
22
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What type of fauna would be in polacr ecosystems?

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  • polar bears
  • wolves
    foxes
    reindeers
    walruses
    wha;es
23
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What adaptations fo the fauna in polar ecosystems have?

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Fur

24
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Where are tropical rainforest useally located?

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Aroufnd the equator

tropical of cancer and capricorn

25
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GIve examples of where tropical rainforest would be.

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Africa

SOuth america

26
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What is the climate like in tropical rinforests?

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2 to 28 degrees
humid
12hrs daylight 12hrs darkness
2000mm of rainfall yearly §

27
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What type o flora is in a tropical rianforest?

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Trees
flowers
bushes

28
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What type of fauna is intropical rainforest?

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  • Birds
  • snakes
  • insects
  • ants
  • orangutan
    Tocans
    Jaguars
29
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What adaptations do the fauna have in the tropical rsainforest?

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  • camoflaguw
  • noise
    fur
    paws
30
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Where are coral reefs usually located

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Tropica of cancer and capricorn§

31
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Give examples of where you can find coral reefs

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Bermuda
Bahams
Australoa
Western Atlantic Ocean

32
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What is the climate like in coral reefs

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water = 18 degreees

Water is shallow and clear

33
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What floral can be found in coral reefs?

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Coral polyps
plants related to jellyfish
seagrass
turtle grass

34
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What fauna can be found in coral reefs?

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parrotfish
Starfish
clam

35
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Where are Grasslands usually located?

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Between latitudes 5 & 30 degrees

36
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Give examples of where yoi cna find grasslands.

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Central Africa
Parts of Venezuela
Mexico
northern highlands

37
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What is the climate like in grasslands?

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25 degrees
long dry seasons
short wet season

38
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What fauna can be found in grasslands?

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Hoofed animals
herbivores
antelope
elephants

39
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What flora can be found in grasslands?

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Grass
spiky pompous grass
baobab tree

40
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What adaptations do the fauna have?

A

thick trunks keeping moisture
hoofed
drought resistant
fire-resistant

41
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Wher are temperate forset usually located?

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40 to 6 degrees north of the equator

42
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Give examples of where you could find temperate forset.

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Plains of North America
velds of Africa
steppes if euro Asia

43
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What is the climate like in temperate forests?

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warm summers

mild winters

44
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What flora is there in temperate forests?

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Willow tree
oak tree
 tussock grass
sunflowers
wild indigo
45
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What fauna is there in temperate forests?

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Rabbits
large herbivores
bison

46
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Where are deserts usually found?

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around the tropical of cancer and Capricorn

47
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Give examples of where deserts are located.

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Africa

Asia

48
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What is the climate like in deserts?

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36 - 50 degrees = day

freezing during the night

49
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What flora is in the desert?

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Cactus

50
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What fauna are there in the desert?

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meerkats
camels
rattlesnakes

51
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What adaptations are needed for the desert?

A

thick hair
spikes
thick/long eyelashes

Geography OCR Gcse (12 decks)

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