Adaption and Competition

Question 1

What is ecology about?

Answer 1

About how things interact with each and their environment.

Question 2

What is ecology sometimes called?

Answer 2

The study of ecosystems.

Question 3

What is an environment made up,of?

Answer 3

Lots of different ecosystems

Question 4

What is an ecosystem made up of?

Answer 4

Habitat and community

Question 5

A non living part of an ecosystem is called the _________ and a loving part is called the ________.

Answer 5

Habitat

Community

Question 6

What is an habitat? And what does it have?

Answer 6

The habitat is the place where organisms live. Right conditions for organisms that live there to thrive such as amount of light, oxygen or water and a suitable temperature.

Question 7

What is the community?

Answer 7

All the plants and animals that live in the habitat.

Question 8

Each community is made of different ________ Of animals and plants.

Answer 8

Populations

Question 9

What is a population?

Answer 9

A population is a group of individuals of the same species.

Question 10

Each population in the community is _____ to live in that particular habitat.

Answer 10

Adapted

Question 11

True or False

There are different ecosystems both on land and in water.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What do ecosystems make up together?

Answer 12

The biosphere

Question 13

Each ecosystem has particular conditions or __________ _________. Animals and plants must be adapted to these in order to survive.

Answer 13

Environmental factors

Question 14

What are the 4 environmental factors?

Answer 14

Water
Temperature
Light
Air

Question 15

What adaptions to animals that live in dry places have?

Answer 15

Adaptions that cut down water loss.

Question 16

Why do mammals and birds have to maintain a constant body temperature?

Answer 16

This is because the enzymes, catalyze reactions in their cells, work best at a particular temperature.

Question 17

True or False

Very few organisms can live outside the range of 0-50 Degrees Celsius

Answer 17

False,0-40 Degrees Celsius

Question 18

“Penguins can withstand temperatures of

_____Degrees Celsius and some bacteria have adapted to live in hot springs at over _______.

Answer 18

-80 Degrees Celsius

100 Degrees Celsius

Question 19

True or False

Some plants thrive in the shade

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What are biotic factors?

Answer 20

Factors caused by other living organisms present in the community.

Question 21

What do plants compete for?

Answer 21

Light,space, water and soil nutrients

Question 22

What do animals compete for?

Answer 22

Food,space (territory) and mates

Question 23

True of False

There can’t be competition between animals and plants of different species

Answer 23

False, there can be.

Question 24

True or False
There can be competition between individuals of the same species.
If so give an example:

Answer 24

True, as in the case of these terns competing for nesting sites.s

Question 25

What is a predator?

Answer 25

An animal that feeds by hunting and killing its prey.

Question 26

What adaptions can predators have?

Answer 26

Fast running, swimming or flying and sharp teeth, beak or claws.

Question 27

The _____ must be well adapted to escape from its predator in order to survive.

Answer 27

Prey

Question 28

Some ______ cause disease.

Answer 28

Microbes

Question 29

What is a parasite?

Answer 29

An organism that lives in or on another organism called a host.

Question 30

How do parasites benefit?

Answer 30

By getting food to the host’s detriment.

Question 31

Name all the biotic factors:(6)

Answer 31

``` Competition Predation Disease Grazers Decomposers Effects of humans ```

Question 32

What are grazers?

Answer 32

Animals that eat plants.

Question 33

What is another name for a grazer?

Answer 33

Herbivores or Primary Consumers

Question 34

Grazers spend a great deal of their time eating plants in order to convert the energy and ________ content of their food into new growth (_______).

Answer 34

Nutrient | Biomass

Question 35

What are decomposers?

Answer 35

These are microbes that release enzymes to break down dead and decaying material.

Question 36

What are the main decomposers?

Answer 36

Bacteria and Fungi

Question 37

Decomposers are important in the ________ of________.

Answer 37

Cycling | Nutrients

Question 38

True or False | Human activity affects the survival of other living organisms

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Name the five ways in which human activity the survival of organisms by changing their habitat:

Answer 39

``` Forestry Transport Housing Industry Farming ```