Biodiversity Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is biodiversity
The variety of living organisms in the area
What is population
A group of organisms of the species living in an area
What is habitat
The place where an organism or population is normally found
What is environment
The conditions which surround and effect an organism in their habitat
What is community
All the species normally found in a habitat
List the biotic factors
Predator, disease, waste produced by living organisms
List the abiotic factors
Wind, water, pH, light, light, temperature
What is the equation for photosynthesis
Chlorofyl
Co2 + h2o - Sugar (glucose) + o2
Light
What are food chains
Diagrams to show the feeding relationships between organisms
What are food webs
Diagrams to show the feeding relationships between organisms
What are producers
Living things that take the sun light and turn it into food
What are consumers
Living things that eat other living things
What are herbivores
Living things that only eat plants
What are carnivores
Living things that only eat animals
What are methods of random sampling
Quadrat, pitfall trap, pooter, sweep net.
What resources do plants compete for
Water light nutrients soil for their seeds
What resources do animals compete for
Habitat territory reproductive-mates food water
What is global warming
It is the rise of the earths temperature
What is the effects of global warming
Glaciers melt and flood citys bad droughts high sea levl giant storms more tornadoes changing ecosystems heatwaves reduced food security more diaseses
What can we do to reduce it
Use renewable energy use energy efficact appliances stop wasting water eat less beef use led bulbs use less veachles unplug stuff when fully charged
How does the plants and animals fighting have an effect on biodiversity
It increases it because it encourages different relationships
