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KS3 Combined Science

Ecology

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1Ecosystems and food webs

What is an ecosystem?

  • A single species in a habitat area
  • Community of organisms with their environment
  • Only the predator-prey pairs in habitat
  • Only the producers in a local area
2Ecosystems and food webs

What does an arrow in a food chain show?

  • Direction energy flows
  • Predator pointing at prey
  • Reproduction direction
  • Who lives where
3Ecosystems and food webs

Why does energy decrease up a food chain?

  • Energy is destroyed in cells
  • Lost as heat, waste, and movement
  • Predators are smaller than prey
  • Producers store all their energy
4Ecosystems and food webs

What is a habitat?

  • The group of all herbivores
  • The place where an organism lives
  • The smallest unit of life
  • The total energy in the food chain
5Ecosystems and food webs

Which sampling method counts plants in a fixed area?

  • Insect pooter
  • Pitfall trap
  • Quadrat sampling
  • Sweep net catch
6Ecosystems and food webs

Removing one species from a food web can affect many others.

Answer: true

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