Ecology

Question 1

Environment

Answer 1

Is everything that surrounds and animal or plant eg soil,water,rocks

Question 2

Habits

Answer 2

Is the place where a plant or animal lives

Question 3

Interdependence

Answer 3

How organisms depend on each other for their survival

Eg buttercups need bees to spread their pollen and bees need the butter cups pollen

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

All plants and animals interact with each other and their environment E.g tropical, dessert, rainforest, seashore

Question 5

Plants eat their own food by eating other plants or eating other animals

Answer 5

Consumer

Question 6

Herbivore

Answer 6

An animal that eats plants only

Eg rabbit,sheep,slugs

Question 7

Carnivores

Answer 7

An animal that eats other animals

Eg fox , hawk , ladybird

Question 8

Omnivores

Answer 8

An animal that eats both plants and black boards eg humans , badger ,thrush , blackbird

Question 9

Decomposed

Answer 9

Organisms that feed on dead plants and animals eg earthworms , bacteria

Question 10

Energy

Answer 10

The energy in any food chain comes from the sun

The amount becomes less and less as you go along the food chain

Question 11

Food web

Answer 11

A food web is a two ot more interconnected food chains

Question 12

Compatision

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Adaptation

Answer 13

Are features that give an organism a better chance of surviving in their habitat

Question 14

Dandelion

Answer 14

Long roots to get water

Competes for space because they are able th spread their seeds in the wind

Question 15

Hedgehogs

Answer 15

Excellent spence of smell to make them good at finding food

Spikes to fight off predators

Question 16

Ecology

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Is the protection preservation and careful use of our natural resources

Answer 17

Conservation

Question 18

Pollution

Answer 18

Is adding unwanted waste to the environment

Question 19

The balance of nature can be damaged

Answer 19

If one orgasim is damaged it can be harmful to many other plants animals

Question 20

Air pollution

Answer 20

Caused by smoke dust and harmful gases most of these come from cars factories and power stations

Question 21

Acid rain

Answer 21

When fossil fuels are buried they produce gases called carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide
These dissolve in rainwater to form carbonic acid and sulfuric acid

Question 22

Soil pollution

Answer 22

Caused by pesticides, Artificial fertilisers and acid rain. Chemicals sink into the soil and can be absorbed by plants, get passed up the food chain and cause illness

Question 23

Water pollution

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Rivers lakes and sea s are polluted by fertilisers,sewage,oil and detergents, they cause too much plant growth ,bacteria population s boom as they feed on dead plants and no oxygen left for fish

Question 24

Incineration

Answer 24

Burning waste , this can relates more Dangerous gases into the atmosphere, difficulties with locations nobody wants to live near an incinerator

Question 25

Landfill

Answer 25

Burying the waste in the ground damages soil, rivers and ground water attracts rodents disease causing bad smell difficulties as nobody wants to live near a landfill site

Question 26

We need to

Answer 26

Reduce reuse recycle