Teacher Resource 5 – Ecology terms
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Cut and paste to match terms and definitions correctly.
Answers:Species
A group of organisms which are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile
offspring
Abiotic factors
Rainfall, soil and pH
Biotic factors
Biological/living features of the environment that have an effect on the
population
Photosynthesis
The process by which energy enters an ecosystem
Ecosystem
An ecological unit that includes all the interactions between the living and
non-living features in their environment
Habitat
Where an organism lives
Population
All the individuals of the same species living in a habitat
Diversity
The variety of different species in an ecosystem
Trophic levels
Stages in a food chain
Producers
Organisms that convert light energy into chemical energy
Primary
consumers
Organisms that eat producers
Secondary
consumers
Organisms that eat primary consumers
Tertiary
consumers
Organisms that eat secondary consumers
Herbivore
Organism that feeds on vegetation
Biomass
Energy stored in biological molecules of organisms
Succession
Sequence of plants and animals colonising an area over a period of time
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