Facts Flashcards
(43 cards)
Non living factors of an ecosystem
Sunlight Air Water Soil Rocks
Interactions in an ecosystem
Insects eat plants which is beneficial for the insect but harmful to the plant
A bee pollinates a flower which is beneficial for both the bee and the plant
Interdependencies in an ecosystem
Plants depend on soil for water
Requirements for photosynthesis
Sunlight
Chlorophyll
Carbon dioxide gas
Water
Product of photosynthesis
Glucose
By product
Oxygen
Types of glucose
Sucrose
Started
Cellulose
What is sucrose
Transport sugar
Startch
Stores energy
Cellulose
Strong and helps provide structure and support in plants
Respiration word equation
Glucose+Oxygen-Energy +carbon dioxide+water
Requirements of respiration
Glucose
Oxygen
Abiotic factors
Light water Air Climate Soil &humus
What trophic levels does a producer form
First trophic
Consumer trophic level
2nd trophic level
What does a food web show
Shows interaction between organisms
Types of adaptation
Structural
Functional
Behavioural
Adaptation strategies
Mimicry
Camouflage
Changing environment
Problems of alien plants
Fishing, boating and swimming activities
Pumping and purification of water for domestic or irrigation purposes becomes difficult and expensive
They block out light
Types of wetlands
Costal
Inland
Wetlands benefits
Protect the soil for erosion
Control steam flow
Filter water
Protect biodiversity by protecting habitats and providing healthy ecosystems
Five kingdoms
Monera Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
Food made from micro organisms
Yeast
Wine
Cheese
Yoghurt
Types of micro organisms
Viruses
Bacteria
Protista
Fungi
