Ecology Flashcards
What is a habitat
It’s the place an organism lives
What’s an adaptation
Changes that an organism makes to fit in with it’s environment
They can be physical (in the body of the organism) or behavioural
Difference between Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Vertebrates have a backbone, the other not
Name 3 types of Vertebrates
Fish Bird Reptiles MamMals Amphibians
Name invertebrates
Arthropods Sponges Echinoderms Cnidarian Roundworms Flatworms Annelida Molluscs
What’s a food chain
It’s the path by which energy passes from one living thing to another
What’s a producer
They make their own food
Green plants use energy from the sun to make food.
Producers are at the bottom of the food chain
What’s a consumer
They hunt, gather and store food as they can’t make their own
What’s a herbivore
Animals who eat plants such as grasshoppers, rabbits, deer, squirrels and Pandas
What’s a carnivore
Animals who eat other animals such as
Tigers, hawks, wolves, lions,
What is wrong with is food chain
Grass. Humans. Cows.
Cows don’t eat humans we eat cows
