Science - Ecology and Habitat Study

This is the study of how living things interact with their environment and each other

This is where a plant or animal lives eg. woodland, hedgerow or a pond

This is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same habitat

This is all of the different populations that live in a habitat

This is all the communities in a habitat interacting with each other and with their environment eg. grassland and seashore

This is an ecosystem that extends over a very large area eg. rainforest or desert

This is all of the Earth's ecosystems together to form one large ecosystem

1. Abiotic (non-living) eg. temperature and the type of landscape

2. Biotic (living) eg. competition, predation and symbiosis

A producer is a plant that makes their own food eg. grass

A consumer is an animal that gets its food by eating plants and animals eg. rabbit

Herbivores are animals that eat plants only eg. rabbits

Carnivores are animals that eat animals only eg. hawks

Omnivores are animals that eat both plants and animals eg. foxes

Decomposers feed on dead plants and animals eg. earthworms

This is a list of living things that feed on each other

Grass - Rabbit - Fox

A food web consists of two or more interconnected food chains

Adaptation is a structure that living things have which enable them to survive in their environment eg. a grasshopper is the same colour as grass for camouflage

1. Grasshoppers are the same colour as grass for camouflage

2. A nettle stings to prevent it being eaten by grazing animals

3. Sunflowers can turn to follow the movement of the Sun in order to maximise photosynthesis

Competition occurs when two or more organisms require something that is in short supply eg. food, space, oxygen, water, light and mates

1. Grass and weeds compete for space and light in a garden

2. Foxes compete with each other for food

This controls the number of organisms in an ecosystem

This catches, kills and eats the prey

This is the organism being hunted

This is a relationship between two different species where at least one benefits

The cleaner fish eat parasites out of the mouths of Moray eels, meaning the eel is kept healthy and the cleaner fish gets food.  As a result, the eel will not eat the fish

Interdependence means that living things depend on each other for survival

Bees collect pollen from the flower for food and then transfers the pollen to a different flower so that fertilisation can take place

This describes the role of an organism within a habitat

Air temperature

Light intensity

Wind direction

Soil pH

Pooter

Beating tray

Pitfall Trap

Sweepnet

Identification Key

Quadrat

Line transect