Ecology and Habitat Study

• habitat


  the natural environment where an organism lives
• Population


  Members of the same species
• Community


  All the different populations that live together
• Ecosystem


  A community of organisms that interact with each other
• abiotic factors

  Non-living (light,temperature)
• biotic factors

  Living (flora,fauna,disease)
• climate factors

  Climate conditions (temperature,rainfall)
• Edaptic factors


  Soil (soil temperature, pH)
• Energy flow in an ecosystem

  10% of energy is passed between each trophic level of an ecosystem (1st,2nd,3rd)
• conservation


  Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment to prevent destruction
• ecological niche


  Role a species has in an ecosystem
• Interdependence


  When two living organisms rely on eachother
• competition


  the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
• ecology


  branch of biology that studies how organisms interact with one another and with their physical surroundings
• trophic level


  the position that an organism occupies in a food chain
• producers


  get their energy from the sun by photosynthesis
• consumers


  get energy from eating producers or other consumers on lower trophic levels
• decomposers


  feed on dead matter to break it down and put back into soil
• Hedgerow Adaptions

  PLANT

  • nettles 🍃 have sting hair to stop animals eating them

  ANIMAL

  • peacock butterfly 🦋 has long tube like mouth parts that allow to suck nectar
• Grassland Adaptions

  PLANT

  • buttercups 🌼 bright yellow to attract pollinators

  ANIMALS

  • earthworms 🪱 dark coloured to camouflage
• Woodland Adaptions

  PLANT

  • primrose 🌺 flower early spring to get light before the trees get leaves

  ANIMAL

  • sparrow hawks 🐦 large feet with talons to catch prey
• Rocky Seashore Adaptions

  PLANT

  • seaweed 🪸 produce slimy mucus to prevent from drying out at low tide

  ANIMAL

  • limpets 🐚 muscular foot to attach to rocks so not swept away
• Pond Adaptions

  PLANT

  • common water crawfoot 🌱 two types of leaves for above and below water

  ANIMAL

  • dragonflies 🐉 🪰 hug eyes and good eyesight to see prey