Ecology

Question 1

Environment

Answer 1

Is everything around an animal or plant eg rock soil water

Question 2

Habitat

Answer 2

Is the place where a plant or animal lives

Question 3

Is how origanisms depend on each other for their survival

Answer 3

Interdependence

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

All the plants and animals in an area interacting with each other and their environment eg desert tropical grassland

Question 5

Producer

Answer 5

Plants that make their own food eg grass nettles

Question 6

Consumer

Answer 6

Animals that get their own food by eating other plants or animals

Question 7

Herbivore

Answer 7

An animal that eats plants only eg rabbit sheep

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

An animal that eats other animals only

Question 9

Omnivore

Answer 9

An animal that eats both eg human badger thrush

Question 10

Decomposer

Answer 10

Organisms that feed on dead plants eg earthworms bacteria fungi

Question 11

Ecology

Answer 11

Is the study of plants animals and their environment and the relationship between them

Question 12

Energy

Answer 12

The energy in any food chain gets less and less as you go along the food chain

Question 13

A food web

Answer 13

A food web is two or more interconnected food chains

Question 14

Competition

Answer 14

Occurs when two or more orginisims seek a resource that is limited

Question 15

Plants

Answer 15

Compete for light water minerals and space

Question 16

Animals

Answer 16

Compete for water food territory and mates

Question 17

Dandelion adaptations

Answer 17

Long roots to get water they can compete for space because they can spread their seeds

Question 18

Hedgehog

Answer 18

Adaptations sense of smell spikes and camo

Question 19

Conservation

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is the protection ,preservation and careful use of our natural resources

Question 20

Pollution

Answer 20

Is adding unwanted wastes to the environment causing damage to it if one orginisim is damaged the food chain can change or be harmful

Question 21

Air pollution

Answer 21

Caused by smoke dust and harmful gases they come from cars buses factories and power stations

Question 22

Acid rain

Answer 22

Made when fossil fuels are burned they produce gasses called carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide the rain can damage plants and buildings

Question 23

Soil pollution

Answer 23

Caused by pesticides artificial fertilisers and acid rain chemicas sink into the soil and get absorbed by plants

Question 24

Water pollution

Answer 24

Rivers lakes and seas are polluted by fertilisers sewage oil and detergents

Question 25

Incineration

Answer 25

Burning waste this can release dangerous chemicals into the atmosphere

Question 26

Landfill

Answer 26

Burying waste in the ground damages soil rivers and ground water attracts rodents disease causing bad smell

Question 27

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Answer 27

Reduce reuse recycle