Ecology
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What is a habitat?
A habitat is the place where and organism lives.
What is a food chain?
A food chain is a list if organisms in which each organism is eaten by the next one in the chain.
What is a producer?
An organism that makes their own food.
What is a consumer?
An organism that takes in food from other organisms.
What is a food web?
A number of interlinked food chains.
What is an adaptation?
An adaptation is a feature that helps an organism survive in its habitat.
List adaptations to the cold climate.
Thick fur, layers of blubber, small ears (surface area).
List adaptations to the desert climate.
Little body fat, silky fur - let heat escape, nocturnal, large ears/legs (surface area).
What is competion in a habitat?
When organisms struggle for a resource in limited supply.
What is a predator?
An organism that catches, kills and eats another organism.
What is prey?
An organism that is eaten by a predator.
What is interdependence?
The way organisms rely on each other.
What are decomposers?
Organisms that feed on and break down dead plants and animals.
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a group of plants, animals and other organisms that interact with each other and their environments.
What equipment would you use to collect insects?
Pooter, sweep net, beating tray, pitfall trap.