Nab

Question 1

Biome

Answer 1

A region of the plane refined by its flora, fauna and climate

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

All of the organisms present in an ecosystem

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

All of the organisms living in a particular area and their non living counterparts

Question 4

Habitat

Answer 4

Place where an organism lives

Question 5

Niche

Answer 5

Role an organism plays within a community

Question 6

Population

Answer 6

All of the organisms of one species found in a particular area

Question 7

Species

Answer 7

A group of organisms capable of breeding with each other to produce fertile offspring

Question 8

Abiotic factors

Answer 8

Non living 
Light
Moisture 
Temperature
pH
wind speed 
Oxygen availability

Question 9

Biotic factors

Answer 9

Living
Grazing
Competition 
Predation 
Disease

Question 10

Example and affect of habitat destruction

Answer 10

Knocking down rainforest

Removal of biodiversity, climate change

Question 11

Example and affect of pollution

Answer 11

Untreated sewage leaked into lakes and rivers, de-oxygenation of water and collapse of food chains

Question 12

Hunting and fishing Example and affect

Answer 12

Extinction of species

Question 13

Biodiversity

Answer 13

The variety of species present in the community of an ecosystem

Question 14

Producers

Answer 14

Make their own food through photosynthesis

Question 15

Consumers

Answer 15

Eat other organisms for energy

Question 16

How much energy is available at the next stage of any food chain?

Answer 16

10%

Question 17

What is energy transfer in food chains used for?

Answer 17

Growth - building new body tissue available at next level

Heat and movement - body temp and movement , not available

Undigested/ uneaten - contains chemical energy only available to decomposers eg bacteria and fungi

Question 18

What is a pyramid of numbers?

Answer 18

Shows the total number of organisms at each level of the food chain (if it looks like a tree, the producer is a tree)

Question 19

What is a pyramid of biomass?

Answer 19

Shows the weight of the organisms at each level (Usually pyramid shaped as an organism can’t weigh more than it eats)

Question 20

What is a pyramid of energy?

Answer 20

Shows energy at each level of the food chain and is the most realistic way of represent energy levels in a food chain. Always shaped like a pyramid