Grassland Ecosystem - Overview

Question 1

Describe a grassland.

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Answer 1

A grassland is usually an artificial ecosystem

It is an ecosystem that is maintained by human and livestock activities

Question 2

What type of ecosystem is grassland said to be?

Answer 2

It is usually an artificial ecosystem

Question 3

What maintains a grassland?

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Answer 3

Human activities

Livestock activities

Question 4

List some examples of activities which maintain grasslands.

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Answer 4

Fertilising

Cutting

Draining

Applying weed-killers

Trampling

Grazing

Question 5

Grasslands are often maintained by human and livestock activities, what affect does this have on the organisms present?

Answer 5

For this reason grassland may not have a wide range of natural plant and, therefore, animal life

Question 6

What are grasslands often maintained as?

Answer 6

Monocultures

Question 7

What is a monoculture?

Answer 7

Where only one species of plant or grass is encouraged to grow

Question 8

Instead of using a monoculture for your study of an ecosystem, what grassland should you use?

Answer 8

An unused meadow

Question 9

Why should you study an unused meadow instead of a monoculture grass field for your study?

Answer 9

As there will be a wider range of living things