S3 Exam Flashcards
What is an community?
All the living organisms
What is a population?
A group of living organisms of the snake species
What are the most important factors shiv determine what types of life are found in an ecosystem?
Temperature changes
Moisture availability
Light
Nutrient availability
What are abiotic factors?
The non-living factors present in an ecosystem
Name 4 abiotic factors
Temperature
Moisture
pH
Light intensity
What are biotic factors?
Living factors in an ecosystem
Name 5 biotic factors
Disease Competition Predators Grazing Food availability
What do biotic factors impact?
The size of the population
What can we use to sample animals and plants?
Quadrats and pitfall traps
What are producers?
Green plants that get their energy from the sun and can make their food from photosynthesis
What are consumers?
Animals which have to eat plants and other animals
What is a primary consumer?
A consumer which eats plants / herbivore
What is a secondary consumer?
A consumer which eats other animals / carnivore
What are predators?
Animals which hunt for their prey?
What are prey?
Hunted animals
What do arrows in a food chain show?
The direction of energy flow
When does competition occur?
When any resource is limited
What may animals compete for?
Water, food, shelter
How many chromosomes do humans have?
46
During mitosis the number of cells……
Increases
Stage one mitosis
The chromosomes replicate
Stage 2 mitosis
The chromosomes become shorter and thicker and consist of 2 chromatids joined by a centromere
Stage 3 mitosis
The nuclear membrane disintegrates and the chromosomes line up at the equator. Each chromosome is attached by its centromere to the spindle threads that have been released from the spindle
Stage 4 mitosis
The pairs of chromatids are pulled apart and move to opposite poles of the cell as the spindle threads retract back into the spindle