Monitoring The Environment

Question 0

Pesticides

Answer 0

Kill insects

Question 1

Fertilisers

Answer 1

Used to help plants grow quicker and produce more

Question 2

Herbicides

Answer 2

Used to kill plants (weeds)

Question 3

Bio accumulation

Answer 3

The build up of poisons in a food chain

Question 4

Eutrophication

Answer 4

The death of fish because of a lack of oxygen in the water

Question 5

Bio diversity

Answer 5

The number of different species in the world

Question 6

Primary consumers

Answer 6

Herbivores which eat plants (producers)

Question 7

Carnivore

Answer 7

Meat eater

Question 8

Omnivore

Answer 8

Eats plants and meat

Question 9

Herbivore

Answer 9

Eats plants

Question 10

What does battery farming mean

Answer 10

Growing animals indoors so that they use less energy and grow quicker

Question 11

What is an example of an indicator species

Answer 11

Lichen. Only survives in areas of low air pollution

Question 12

What are fertilisers full of

Answer 12

Nitrates and phosphates

Question 13

Eutrophication

Answer 13

Fertilisers used on the field washed into the water source
Causes rapid growth and overcrowding and many plants die due to the lack of light and food
Microorganisms and bacteria increase due to the extra dead material
The Microorganisms use up the oxygen in the water during respiration
The lack of oxygen causes the fish to suffocate

Question 14

What do the arrows indicate on a food chain

Answer 14

The energy flow

Question 15

The nitrogen cycle

Answer 15

Plants absurd nitrogen in the form of nitrates
Plants are then eaten by animals and the nitrogen becomes protein
Microbes breakdown waste products and dead animals and plants to form aluminium compounds
Nitrifying bacteria convert amomoniam compounds into nitrate