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Ecology 1 + 2
Junior Cert Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the term given to the study of living things and their environment | Ecology |
| What is the name given to everything that surrounds an animal or plant | Environment |
| What do you call a place where an animal or plant lives | Habitat |
| Name two types of habitat | Woodlland and seashore |
| What is the term used to describe how animals and plants in a habitat depend on each other for food, shelter and pollination | Interdependence |
| What do you call something that shows how organisms are linked by what they eat | Food chain |
| Where does the energy that transfers through the food chain come from | Sun |
| What do you call organisms that make their own food | Producers |
| What name is given to all other organisms other than green plants | Consumers |
| What do you call organisms that feed on dead animals and plants | Decomposers |
| What do you call the position an organism has on a food chain | Feeding level |
| What do you call a number of interconnected food chains | Food web |
| What do you call animals that have a backbone | Vertebrates |
| What do you call animals that do not have a backbone | Invertebrates |
| What is the first stage of carrying out a study of a habitat | Draw a simple map |
| What should be included on the map | Direction of North, scale and legend |
| Name some environmental factors that can be measured when studying a habitat | Temperature and light intensity |
| What do you call the instrument with two rubber tubes that sucks up insects | Pooter |
| What do you call the piece of equipment that is swept through long grass or hedges to collect insects | Sweep net |
| What do you call the equipment that includes a white sheet and stick | Beating tray |
| What do you call the piece of equipment that is buried in the ground and has some alcohol at the bottom | Pitfall trap |
| How are plant samples collected | In bags and location labelled |
| How would you identify plants or animals found in a habitat | Reference books or Simple Keys |
| What do you call a piece of equipment used to estimate the number of plants present in a habitat | Quadrat |
| How is a quadrat used | Thrown at random and plants counted |
| What do you call the piece of equipment used to show changes in plant numbers across a boundary | Line transect |
| How would you use a line transect | Tie line between two stakes and record the name of plants under the knots |
| What do you call it when organisms seek a resource in scarce supply | Competition |
| What do plants compete for | Light, water, minerals and space |
| What do animals compete for | Food, shelter, territory and mates |
| Name an adaptation of a dandelion | Long root |
| Name an adaptation of a hedgehog | Colour for camouflage and spikes for protection |
| Name an adaptation of fish | Gills to breathe underwater |
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