ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY

Question 1

WHAT IS A HABITAT

Answer 1

THE PLACE WHERE AN ORGANISM LIVES

Question 2

WHAT IS A POPULATION

Answer 2

ALL THE ORGANISMS OF ONE SPECIES IN A HABITAT

Question 3

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY

Answer 3

ALL THE DIFFERENT SPECIES IN A HABITAT

Question 4

WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM

Answer 4

ALL THE ORGANISMS LIVING IN A PARTICULAR AREA AND ALL THE NON-LIVING CONDITIONS

Question 5

BIODIVERSITY IS ALL ABOUT THE (…)

Answer 5

VARIETY OF LIFE IN AN AREA

Question 6

FANCY DEFINITION OF BIODIVERSITY

Answer 6

BIODIVERSITY IS THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF ORGANISMS ON EARTH, OR WITHIN AN ECOSYSTEM

Question 7

WHAT IS HIGH BIODIVERSITY AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT

Answer 7

IT MAKES SURE THAT ECOSYSTEMS ARE STABLE BECAUSE DIFFERENT SPECIES DEPEND ON EACH OTHER FOR THINGS LIKE SHELTER AND FOOD, AND DIFFERENT SPECIES CAN ALSO HELP TO MAINTAIN THE RIGHT PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR EACH OTHER

Question 8

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AFFECT (…)

Answer 8

COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

Question 9

WHAT DOES ABIOTIC MEAN

Answer 9

NON-LIVING

Question 10

WHAT DOES BIOTIC MEANS

Answer 10

LIVING

Question 11

THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PLANTS AND ANIMALS LIVE CHANGES ALL THE TIME, THIS CHANGES ARE CUAUSED BY (…)

Answer 11

ABIOTIC (NON-LIVING) AND BIOTIC (LIVING) FACTORS AND AFFECT COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

Question 12

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AFFECT COMMUNITIES

Answer 12

FOR SOME SPECIES POPULATION SIZE MAY INCREASE, FOR OTHERS IT MAY DECREASE, OR THE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATIONS MAY CHANGE

Question 13

WHAT ARE THE ABIOTIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT COMMUNITIES

Answer 13

1) ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS- EG: THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIRD SPECIES IN GERMANY APPEARS TO BE CHANGING BECAUSE OF A RISE IN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (LIGHT INTENSITY, MOISTURE LEVEL AND SOIL PH) ALSO AFFECT THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS
2) TOXIC CHEMICALS- EG CHEMICAL PESTICIDES OR FERTILISERS, PESTICIDES CAN BUILD UP IN FOOD CHAINS THROUGH BIOACCUMULATIONSO ORGANISMS AT THE TOP OF THE CHAIN RECEIVE A TOXIC DOSE

Question 14

WHAT ARE BIOTIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT COMMUNITIES

Answer 14

1) AVAILABILITY OF FOOD- EG: IN A BUMPER YEAR FOR BERRIES, THE POPULATION OF BLACKBIRDS MIGHT INCREASE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FOOD FOR ALL OF THEM SO THEY ARE MORE LIKE TO REPRODUCE AND SURVIVE.
2) NUMBER OF PREDATORS- EG: IF THE NUMBER OF LIONS (PREDATOR) DECREASES THEN THE NUMBER OF GAZELLES (PREY) MIGHT INCREASE BECAUSE FEWER OF THEM WILL BE EATEN BY LIONS
3) COMPETITION- ORGANISMS COMPETE WITH OTHER SPECIES FOR THE SAME RESOURCES, EG: PLANTS NEED THINGS LIKE LIGHT, SPACE, WATER AND MINERALS FROM THE SOIL AND ANIMALS COMPETE FOR THINGS LIKE TERRITORY, SHELTER, FOOD, WATER AND MATES