Independance Flashcards

1
Q

What are organisms living in an eco system?

A

The organisms living in an eco system are interdependent - they need each other to survive

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2
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What is interdependence?

A

What an organism depends on

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3
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What do all living organisms rely on?

A

Plants

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4
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What does respire mean?

A

When animals take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide

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5
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What’s happens when plats photosynthesise?

A

They releas oxygen and take in carbon dioxide

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6
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What can photosynthesise?

A

. Plants
. Algae
. Some bacteria

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7
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Food chain

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Producer - primary consumer - secondary consumer - tertiary consumer

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8
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What’s a producer?

A

Plants

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9
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What’s the primary consumer?

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The animal that eats the producer (usually herbivores) “first eaters”

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10
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What’s the Secondary consumer?

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The animal that eats the primary consumer

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11
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What’s the tertiary consumer?

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The animal that eats the secondary consumer

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12
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Why do we depend on insects?

A

Yo pollinate plants and ensure our food supply

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13
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Top carnivore

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Is not eaten by anything else

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14
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What is a decomposer?

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Bacteria (eats dead organisms)

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15
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What happens if the producer is infected with pesticides?

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The toxin would move up the food chain as eat animal that is infected is eaten, the animals higher up the food chain would get a bigger dosage as the poison built up (usually the top carnivore gets the worst affect)

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16
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What is made during photosynthesis?

A

Organic molecules

17
Q

Where does all the energy on earth come from?

A

The sun ☀️

18
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What’s a pyramid of numbers?

A

A quantitative way if representing food chains. They read the number of organisms at each trophic level in a specified area

Trophic - feeding level