Living World Flashcards
What is a consumer? Give an example.
Organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms.
An example is a pond snail
What is a food chain?
A line of linkages between producers and consumers
What is a food web?
A diagram that shows all the linkages between producers and consumers in an ecosystem.
What is the difference between scavengers and decomposers?
A scavenger is an organism that consumes dead animals or plants and decomposers are organisms that break down plant and animal material.
Nutrient cycling is the _____________ of nutrients between ______________________ and the _____________
Recycling ,living organisms and the environment
What can cause a change in an ecosystem? Give an example of each answer
Human induced change (eg fish stocking and drainage) and natural change (eg flood ,fire and drought)
Where is Epping Forest , how much land does it cover , how long is it and how wide is it ?
It is in the north east of London. It covers 2,500 ha it is 19km long and 4km wide.
Give 3 examples of animals that live in Epping Forest.
Woodpeckers
Wood-boring stag beetles
Fallow deer
In the Norman times what was the forest used for ?
Hunting deer (King and queens) or collect wood for firewood and building
What is a producer? Give an example.
Organisms that get their energy from a primary source such as the sun.
An example is a plant
