Living In Harmony Flashcards
What does abiotic mean?
A non living organism
What does biotic mean?
A living organism
What is a herbivore?
An animal that eats plants only
What is a carnivore?
An animal that eats meat only
What is an omnivore?
A plant and meat eating animal
What is a food chain?
A way of displaying which animals eat what
What is an introduced species? Give an example.
An animal that ends up in a place where it is not native to. The cane toad, the rabbits and the foxes.
What is a food web?
A food web is several food chains all put in one
What do living things need?
Living things need water, nutrition and oxygen
What is a Pyramid of Numbers
It shows how there is lots of producers and not many top order consumers.
Give information about Pyramid of Numbers.
As we go up the food chain there’s more energy and larger animals.
Why was the cane toad brought to Australia?
The cane toad was brought to Australia to eat the cane beetles which were eating the sugar canes. But the cane toads weren’t eating the cane beetles, instead they ate other insects and the other problem was that cane toads breed really quickly
