Use pieces of apparatus to collect plants & animals in an ecosystem Flashcards
When collecting plants where do you store them?
In labeled plastic bags
How can you collect slow moving animals (or animals that don’t move)?
Directly by hand
Moving animals can be collected using? How can earthworms be collected?
Using variety of devices.
Earthworms can be gathered by pouring water to which washing-up liquid is added, on to the soil.
What’s a pooter used for and what does it collect?
Suck organisms into a jar,
Collects insects, spiders
How is a beating tray used and collects what?
Placed under bush or tree, shake plant and collect organisms that fall into tray.
Collects insects, spiders, caterpillars
How is a pitfall trap used and collects what?
Put in soil/sand and cover it to stop rainfall entering.
Collects crawling insects, snails.
How is a sweep net used and collects what?
Swept through long grass or edge of a hedge.
Catches insects, spiders.
How is a plankton net used and collects what?
Drawn through water and collects plankton
How is a tullgren funnel used and collects what?
Heat from a bubble makes small organisms move down out of soil into collecting jar.
Collects centipedes, millipedes, small insects
How is a baerman funnel used and collects what?
Heat from bulb makes small organisms move down out of wet soil; clip opened to release organisms into a collecting jar.
Collects water snails, worms.
How is a mammal trap used and collects what?
Bait placed in trap and left in habitat. Animals can enter but trapped by trapdoor.
Collects shrews, mice
How is a cryptozoic trap used and collects what?
Placed just above the soil and left for some time to collect animals that like dark/moist conditions.
Collects slugs, snails, worms.
