What type of competition is the most intense | Intraspecific competitions as the organisms require the exact same resources |
What type of competition is the most intense | Intraspecific competitions as the organisms require the exact same resources |
What is is species | A species is a group of organisms so similar they can interbreed to produce the fertile offspring |
What is a Biosphere | The zone of the earth inhabited by living organsims |
What is a Habitat | The place an organism lives |
What is a Community | All of the organisms in a habitat |
What is a Population | All of the organisms of one type |
What is an Organisms | A living thing |
What is an Ecosystem | The habitat, animals and plants |
What is Biodiversity | The number of different species present in a particular area |
What does a high Biodiversity indicate | A healthy ecosystem |
What is the role of a Producer | To photosynthesis to produce food. At death they provide food for decomposers |
What is the role of a Consumer | To obtain their energy by eating other organisms |
What is the role of a Primary Consumer | To obtain their energy by eating producers. At death they provide food for decomposers |
What is the role of a Secondary Consumer | To obtain their energy by eating primary consumers. At death they provide food for decomposers |
What is the role of a Herbivore | To only eat plants |
What is the role of a Omnivore | To eat plants and animals |
What is the role of a Carnivore | To only eat animals |
What is the role of a Top Carnivore | To not be eaten by any other animal. After death they provide food for decomposers |
What is the role of Prey | Animals that are eaten by a Predator |
What is the role of a Predator | Animals that hunt and kill other animals |
What is the role of a Decomposer | To obtain their energy by breaking down waste, uneaten remains and dead bodies. |
What do the arrows of a Food chain show | The direction of the energy flow |
What is a Niche | The role an organism plays within a community |
What are 3 resource in an Ecosystem | Nutrients available, Light and Temperature |
What are 3 interactions in a Niche | Predation, Parasitism and Competition |
What do plants compete for in the same habitat | Water, Space, Sunlight, Nutrients |
What do animals compete for in the same habitat | Water, Food, Shelter/Territory and Mates |
What is Interspecific competition | Individuals of different species compete for similar resources in an ecosystem |
What is Intraspecific | Individuals of the same species competing for exactly the same resources |
What type of competition is the most intense | Intraspecific competitions as the organisms require the exact same resources |