Ecosystems distribution factors, Ecosystem processes and relationships, Succession Flashcards
- What do we mean by the word ecosystem?
The links between plants, animals and non-living things around them such as rocks, soil, water and climate.
- What is a biome?
A large-scale ecosystem where climate, vegetation and soils are broadly the same within the area.
- Why is rainfall significant in the distribution of all biomes?
Different biomes have different patterns and amounts of rainfall, therefore, it creates their differences.
(E.g. a place that has less than 25cm of rain per year is described as a desert.)
- Why is temperature significant in the distribution of all biomes?
Latitude (How far north or south you are on the earth) and Altitude (How high), if rainfall is reliable, can create distinctive ecosystems.
(E.g. Mountains have very distinctive ecosystems as they temperature falls by 1โ for every 200m of altitude.)
- What other three factors (other than temperature) are important in the distribution of biomes?
- Relief.
- Geology.
- Soils.
- What are the living parts of an ecosystem called?
Biotic.
- What are the non-living parts of an ecosystem called?
Abiotic.
- Succession isโฆ
The development of ecosystems over time through succession.
- Using the words below (they are in order) describe the stages of succession in a short paragraph
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฑ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
- ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ colonise a bare area of ground.
- ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค and ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ so ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ this supports ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ and ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ life.
- ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ are created this means ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ live in the area.
- Over time ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ, such as the Oaktree, will invade to complete the succession and the ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฑ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
- In 6 short sentences summarise how the nutrient cycle works.
- Rocks that are weathered puts nutrients into the soil.
- Rainfall adds water.
- Plants absorb (suck up) nutrients through their leaves and roots.
- Animals gain nutrients by eating plants and other animals.
- When plants and animals die they are broken down (decomposed) by fungi and bacteria.
- Nutrients returned to the soil.
- What is the source of all energy for life on earth?
The Sun.
- What is a food chain?
The connections between different plants and animals that rely on each other as their source of food.
- What is a food web?
The linking of lots of food chains together.
- Plants areโฆ
Producers?
Primary consumers?
Secondary consumers?
Producers.
- Herbivores eat plants, these areโฆ
Producers?
Primary consumers?
Secondary consumers?
Primary Consumers.
