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15 Cards in this Set
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What five things do plants need in order to survive?
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Light, Carbon Dioxide, Water, Oxygen and nutrients.
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What three things do animals need to live?
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Food from other living organisms, water and oxygen.
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Why do plants need to photosynthesise?
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To produce glucose needed for energy and growth.
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Extremophiles
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Organisms which can live in extreme environments
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Why so many animals in cold environments large?
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As they are bigger, this means, that they can hold more body heat as they have a small surface area to volume ratio
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List three ways in which Arctic animals keep warm in winter.
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They have thick fur which insulates them, small hears to reduce energy loss and they build up fat during the summer which keeps them warm during the winter.
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Competition
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The way animals compete with eachother for food, water, space and mates.
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Territory
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An area where and animal lives and feeds.
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Carnivore
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An animal that eats meat.
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Herbivore
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An animla that eats plants.
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Why do mammel in hot, dry environments try to cool down without sweating.
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Sweating means they lose water and it is hard to replace.
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Why do some plants reduce the surface area of their leaves?
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It cuts down the area from which water can be lost from.
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In which parts can plants store their water?
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Plants store it in their fleshy or spiny leaves or their stem.
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Why do living things compete?
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As there is limited amount of water, food and space in their territiory.
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Why do plants compete with each other?
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Light and water for photosynthesis to make food, nutrients and space to grow.
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