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What is ecology? |
The study of processes, which influence the distribution of organisms in an environment. |
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What is an ecosystem? |
All the living organisms together with the non living things in an area. |
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The arrows in a food chain show what? |
The flow of energy. |
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What type of animals are they if they eat plants? |
Herbivores. |
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What type of animal are they if they eat other animals? |
Carnivores. |
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Big carnivores such as lions are what? |
Predators. |
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What are the animals that carnivores eat? |
Prey. |
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What is a habitat? |
A collection of species where animals live, which provides them with food and shelter. |
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What is adaption? |
Changes that animals develop to cope with their surroundings. |
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What are some adaption features for animal that live in the desert? (camels etc.) |
Long eyelashes to dust away the sand off their eyes, large feet to stop them from sinking into the sand, stay without water for 6 months and sandy coloured coat for camouflage. |
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What are some adaptations for animals living in the Arctic? |
Thick layer of blubber under their skin to keep them warm, white coat as camouflage, thick coat to trap hot air to keep them warm. |
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What are biotic factors? |
Living factors that affect organisms in a habitat. E.g. Prey and predators. |
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What is an abiotic factor? |
Non living factors which affect an organism in a habitat. E.g. Temperature and sunlight. |
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What is a species? |
An organisms that are able to interbreed to produce fertile offspring. |
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What is an environment? |
All the conditions that surround a living organism. |
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What is population? |
The total number of individuals of one species in a habitat. |
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When there is too many organisms to count in one habitat what is it necessary to take? |
Samples. |
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To sample the amount of buttercups there are in the school field, what must you use? |
A quadrant - a known sized square. |
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To make the sampling fair, what must you use? |
A computer to generate randomly where the quadrants would go. |
