Ecology

Question 1

What is the role of a decomposer in a food web?

Answer 1

They feed on dead and decaying organic matter

Question 2

What effect do humans have in the food web?

Answer 2

Thye can distrub the way of nature, eg, food web, and may even be able to cause an animal to go exctint from overhunting or reproducing!

Question 3

3 threats to our ecosystem are:

Answer 3

1. Climate Change
2. Invasive Species
3. Heavy Grazing

Question 4

How can we help prevent climate change?

Answer 4

An effective solution to climate change is to use plant drought-resistant nature. These plants have the ability to initiate the growth of other vegetation in the area which will stop the savanna from dying out!

Question 5

How can we help prevent Invasive Species?

Answer 5

A simple resolution to the problem of invasive species is being very strict that no new foreign animals come into the savannah, and if they do to terminate them as you see them and reduce their population

Question 6

How can we help prevent Heavy Grazing?

Answer 6

Have feed on-hand or stockpiled in the spring so you are not forced to graze too early.

Question 7

What is a physical adaptation?

Answer 7

A physical adaptation is any part of an organism’s biology that helps them specifically to survive in their ecosystem

Question 8

What is a structural adaptation?

Answer 8

Structural adaptations are those that change the physical, outward features of an organism or species. (same as physical)

Question 9

What is a behavioural adaptation?

Answer 9

A behaviour that an animal has developed or changed over time in order to survive