Bio 2

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of the plants, animals and how the abiotic environment interact

Question 2

Abiotic

Answer 2

The physical environment organisms are subjected

Question 3

Producers

Answer 3

Plants that are capable of making their own food through photosynthesis

Question 4

Consumer

Answer 4

Organisms that consume other organisms to obtain energy

Question 5

Decomposers

Answer 5

Organisms that breakdown/decay of dead organisms

Question 6

Food Chain

Answer 6

The ordered sequence of organisms feeding

Question 7

Autotrophs

Answer 7

Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis

Question 8

Heterotrophs

Answer 8

Organisms that can’t make their own food supply

Question 9

Classification

Answer 9

A hierarchal that indicates relationships between organisms based on their physical structure.

Question 10

Adaptation

Answer 10

A modification in organisms that makes them better suited to survive and reproduce

Question 11

What is shown in a energy pyramid every level

Answer 11

Less available energy each level higher

Question 12

what is lost in each level of a food chain

Answer 12

Heat energy

Question 13

Heat energy loss means

Answer 13

1st level consumers have greater weight compared to 2nd level consumers

Question 14

Carnivore

Answer 14

Meat eaters

Question 15

Herbivore

Answer 15

Plant eaters

Question 16

Omnivores

Answer 16

Meat and plant eaters

Question 17

Prey

Answer 17

animal that is hunted

Question 18

Predator

Answer 18

animals that hunt

Question 19

Food Web

Answer 19

consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem

Question 20

Behavioral adaptations

Answer 20

actions that organisms take to survive in their environment

Question 21

Structural adaptations

Answer 21

physical features of an organism that help it survive and reproduce in its environment

Question 22

Functional adaptations

Answer 22

internal systems within an organism that help it survive and reproduce in its environment

Question 23

Biodiversity

Answer 23

variety of life on Earth like living organism and ecosystems

Question 24

why is biodiversity important

Answer 24

supports healthy ecosystems, providing essential resources

Question 25

factors that determine the biodiversity of an environment

Answer 25

climate, habitat availability, species interactions and genetic diversity

Question 25

Levels of biodiversity

Answer 25

genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity

Question 26

How does panting cause loss of body fluids

Answer 26

increases evaporative water loss

Question 27

nocturnal, what type of adaptation?

Answer 27

Behavioral

Question 28

burrowing, what type of adaptation?

Answer 28

Behavioral

Question 29

thick fur for insulation, what type of adaptation?

Answer 29

Structural

Question 30

large ears for heat dissipation, what type of adaptation?

Answer 30

Structural

Question 31

Camouflage, what type of adaptation?

Answer 31

Structural

Question 32

Water Conservation from efficient kidney, what type of adaptation?

Answer 32

Functional

Question 33

consume moisture-rich foods, what type of adaptation?

Answer 33

Functional

Question 34

Body Temperature Regulation, what type of adaptation?

Answer 34

Functional

Question 35

Dessert marsupials have efficient kidneys, why

Answer 35

concentrate urine, minimizing water loss

Question 36

main products of respiration

Answer 36

carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O)

Question 37

why do dessert marsupials burrow?

Answer 37

to escape extreme temperatures and predators

Question 38

the lower the animal goes in its burrow does it get hotter or cooler

Answer 38

Cooler

Question 39

Do lizards internally regulate their temperature and why

Answer 39

Do not because they're cold blooded

Question 40

Ecosystems

Answer 40

dynamic system where organisms interact with the physical environment

Question 41

A beetle eats gumtree, stick insects eat gumtree, thornbill eats spiders, stick insects and cup moth larvae, a parrot eats gum tree, a spider eats beetles and stick insects, a goanna eats a spider and stick insect, a cup moth larvae eats gum tree and the kookaburra eats lizard. A) what is the producer? B) what is the tertiary predator? C) What the herbivores?

Answer 41

A) gumtree B) kookaburra C) beetles, parrot, stick insect and cup moth larvae

Question 42

tertiary predator

Answer 42

animal that eats other carnivores

Question 43

Kidneys excrete what?

Answer 43

Urine (pee)