Ecology

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Ecology

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The study of plants and animals and how they interact with their environment.

Question 2

Biosphere

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The part of the earth that supports life.

Question 3

Ecosystem

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A community of living and non-living things interacting with each other in a specific environment.

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Habitat

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Where an organism lives.

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Food Chain

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Shows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem.

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Biotic

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The LIVING factors that affect organisms

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Abiotic

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The NON-LIVING factors that affect organisms

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Climatic

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The long-term weather conditions that affect organisms

Question 9

Edaphic

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The soil that affects organisms

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Niche

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The functional role of an organism (i.e its position on a food chain)

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Producer

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Organisms capable of making their own food by photosynthesis (i.e green plants)

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Consumer

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Feed on other organisms - cannot make their own food. 3 Types

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Primary Consumer

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Feed on Producers

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Secondary Consumer

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Feed on Primary Consumers

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Tertiary Consumer

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Feed on Secondary Comsumers

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Trophic Level

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The position of an organism in a food chain (Plants - T1, Herbivores - T2, Carnivores - T3, Top Carnivore/Omnivore - T4

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Food Web

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The interconnected food chains in an ecosystem

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Primary Producers

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The first members of a food chain

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Flora

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Plants

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Fauna

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Animals

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Key

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Used to identify

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Animal Collection Equipment

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Pooter
Pitfall Trap
Sweep Net
Beating Tray

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Adaptation

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A unique feature that allows an organism to survive

Question 24

What piece of equipment is used to survey plants?

Answer 24

Quadrat

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Qualitative Analysis

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Whether a species is present or absent (% frequency)

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Quantitative Analysis

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Indicates how much of a species is present (% cover)

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Quadrat

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A large square frame divided into smaller squares used to identify plants in an ecosystem

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Line Transect

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A rope laid along the ground between two poles used to measure the distribution of organisms.

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Population

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A group of organisms of the same species living together in a habitat.

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Community

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All of the different species living together in an ecosystem.

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Competition - 2 Types

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When organisms of the same or different species fight for resources that are in short supply. -Scramble -Contest

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Scramble

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Where each organism tries to gain as much of the resource as possible (e.g. Ivy using its roots to grip the hawthorn and climb higher to receive more light.)

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Contest

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Involves an active physical confrontation between two or more organisms – one wins!

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Predation - 2 Types

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The act of killing and eating another animal for food. -Predator -Prey

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Predator

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Animal that kills and eats another animal for food.

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Prey

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An animal that is killed and eaten by another animal for food.

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Parasitism - 2 Types

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A relationship where one organism lives in or on another while causing it harm. -Parasite -Host

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Pollution

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Any harmful addition to the environment.

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Conservation + 1 practice

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The protection and management of the earths natural resources. (Fishing - quotas put on net sizes.)

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Waste Management + 1 practice

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Reducing or reusing waste for a specific useful purpose. (Fish processing waste - heads, fins, tails, can be treated and used at pig feed/fertiliser)

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Symbiosis

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A relationship between two or more (different) organisms where at least one of them benefits. (e.g. bacteria in the colon produce vitamins B2 and K - absorbed by human)