Biotic factor

Question 1

Abiotic Factor

Answer 1

Non-living component of an ecosystem. Temperature

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

The number of organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.

Question 3

Ecological community

Answer 3

The different species that interact within a specific location.

Question 4

Biotic factor

Answer 4

Living component of an ecosystem. Tiger

Question 5

Inputs, processes and output

Answer 5

Input: fuels a process
Process: Any movement, energy transfer or interaction within a system.
Output: result of process

Question 6

Carbon cycle

Answer 6

photosynthesis, respiration, burning fossil fuels, ocean surface, sinking

Question 7

Nitrogen cycle

Answer 7

Denitrification, nitrogen fixation, ammonia

Question 8

stakeholders

Answer 8

A person who has a view/position in a project going ahead

Question 9

Anthropocentric

Answer 9

Views humans as the most important species.

Question 10

Ecocentric

Answer 10

Value humans and all other living organisms as fairly equal

Question 11

Technocentric

Answer 11

Value ai/robots as the most important

Question 12

Photosynthesis

Answer 12

Carbon is drawn in by plants and used as carbohydrates

Question 13

Cellular respiration

Answer 13

carbon is breathed out by organisms

Question 14

Nitrogen fixation

Answer 14

When microbes or lightening convert nitrogen into usable compounds in the soil.

Question 15

Food chain/web

Answer 15

shows flow of food as a diagram

Question 16

Lithosphere

Answer 16

Land, rocks, soil

Question 17

Biosphere

Answer 17

Living things

Question 18

Hydrosphere

Answer 18

Water

Question 19

Atmosphere

Answer 19

The layer of gases surrounding the earth.

Question 20

Layers of atmosphere

Answer 20

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere

Question 21

Primary succession

Answer 21

When species become established on an unvegetated surface

Question 22

Secondary succession

Answer 22

When new species colonise an area that had already supported a biological community but has undergone change, such as deforestation.

Question 23

What system is earth?

Answer 23

closed system

Question 24

How much sun energy do the poles receive?

Answer 24

$0%

Question 25

Sedimentary rock

Answer 25

Forms from the deposits of eroded rock and compacts.

Question 26

Igneous rock

Answer 26

Formed from the cooling of molten rock

Question 27

Metamorphic rock

Answer 27

When igneous or sedimentary rocks undergo changes due to heat and pressure

Question 28

carbon capture method

Answer 28

carbon is captured from the atmosphere and permanently stored underground

Question 29

water desalination

Answer 29

treating water multiple times until it can be used again

Question 30

water reclamation

Answer 30

Reusing and treating water that was once unusable.

Question 31

List all short-term changes

Answer 31

Day and night Lunar cycles Seasons

Question 32

List 2 medium-term changes

Answer 32

ecological succession drought

Question 33

List one long-term change

Answer 33

evolution

Question 34

La-Nina

Answer 34

colder temperatures, high rainfall

Question 35

El-Nino

Answer 35

warmer temperatures, less rainfall

Question 36

crepuscular, provide example

Answer 36

organisms that are more active at dusk and dawn. kangaroo

Question 37

diurnal, provide example

Answer 37

organisms that are more active during the day. kookaburra

Question 38

nocturnal, provide example

Answer 38

organisms that are more active during the night. owl

Question 39

ecology

Answer 39

The study of ecosystems

Question 40

biomes

Answer 40

A large region of earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things. e.g. tundra

Question 41

paleoclimatology

Answer 41

The study of previous climates

Question 42

Open system

Answer 42

Exchange energy and matter

Question 43

Closed system

Answer 43

Exchange energy but not matter

Question 44

Benefits of water

Answer 44

- good solvent -high heat capacity -it flows

Question 45

infrared

Answer 45

Heat on the surface of earth

Question 46

ultraviolet

Answer 46

Harmful radiation heat which only a small proportion passes through the stratosphere

Question 47

greenhouse gases

Answer 47

Gases which are trapped in the troposphere.

Question 48

circadian rhythm

Answer 48

the physical, mental and behavioural changes over a 24-hour period.