Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

Ecology is the study of plants, animals and their environment, and the relationship between them

Question 2

Environment

Answer 2

The environment is everything that surrounds an animal or plant (for example air, water, rocks and soil)

Question 3

Habitat

Answer 3

The habitat is the place where a plant or animal lives

Question 4

Interdependence

Answer 4

Interdependence is how organisms depend on each other for their surviv

Question 5

Producer

Answer 5

plants that make their own food e.g. grass, dandelion, nettles

Question 6

Consumer

Answer 6

Animals that get their food by eating plants or other animals e.g

Question 7

Herbivore

Answer 7

An animal that eats plants only e.g. rabbit, sheep, slug, snail

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

an animal that eats other animals only e.g. fox, hawk, ladybird

Question 9

Omnivore

Answer 9

an animal that eats both plants and animals e.g. badger, thrush, blackbird, human

Question 10

Decomposer

Answer 10

Organisms that feed on dead plants and animals e.g. earthworms, bacteria, fungi. (Decomposers are very important as they break down dead things and release lots of minerals into the soil)

Question 11

Competition

Answer 11

Competition occurs when two or more organisms seek a resource that is lim

Question 12

Plants compete

Answer 12

Plants compete for light, water, minerals and space

Question 13

Animals compete

Answer 13

Animals compete for food, shelter, territory and mates

Question 14

Pooter

Answer 14

Used to pick up small insects
Suck on the end with the gauze and the insect is sucked into the container