B1.4 and B1.5

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what do organisms require to survive and reproduce
a supply of materials from their surroundings and from the other living organisms there
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what do plants often compete with each other for
light, space, and water and nutrients from the soil
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what do animals often compete with each other for
food, mates and territory
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organisms and microorganisms have adaptations which enable them to do what
survive in the conditions in which they normally live
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what are extremophiles
organisms which live in environments that are very extreme
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what might extremophiles be tolerant to
high levels of salt, high temperatures or high pressures
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how are animals adapted to survive in dry environments
large surface area compared to volume, thin insulating coat, small amount of body fat, camouflage
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how are animals adapted to survive in arctic environments
small surface area compared to volume, thick insulating coat, large amount of body fat, camouflage
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how are plants adapted to survive in dry environments
small surface area compared to volume (leaves), water storage tissues, extensive root systems
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how might animals and plants be adapted to cope with specific features of their environment
thorns, poisons and warning colours to deter predators
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what affects the distribution of living organisms
changes in the environment
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two examples of how organism distribution has changed
some bird species, and disappearance of pollinating insects such as bees
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what can population size depend on
competition, predation, disease and human influences
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4 living factors that cause environmental change
occurrence of infectious disease, number of predators, prey (availability of food source) and competitors
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3 non-living factors that cause environmental change
average temperature, average rainfall, level of air or water pollution
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what can living organisms be used as
indicators of pollution
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living indicator example 1
lichens as air pollution indicators, particularly concentration of sulfur dioxide in atmosphere (air cleaner if lots of lichens)
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living indicator example 2
invertebrate animals as water pollution indicators and used as indicators of the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water
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non-living indicator example 1
oxygen levels: dissolved oxygen meters measure concentration of dissolved oxygen in water
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non-living indicator example 2
rainfall: rain gauges to find average rainfall each year
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non-living indicator example 3
temperature: satellites measure temp of sea surface/ automatic weather stations show atmospheric temp
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why is the equipment good
accurate
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what's the pattern along a food chain
the mass of living material (biomass) at each stage is less than it was at the previous stage
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what happens to the biomass of organisms
the material and energy contained by organisms is reduced at each successive stage
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reason 1
some materials and energy are always lost in the organisms’ waste materials
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reason 2
respiration supplies all the energy needs for living processes, including movement. lots of this energy is eventually transferred to the surroundings
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what's the Sun's role
Radiation from the Sun is the source of energy for most communities of living organisms
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what do green plants and algae do
absorb a small amount of the light that reaches them
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what occurs during photosynthesis
the transfer of light to chemical energy
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what happens to this energy
it's stored in the substances that make up the cells of the plants
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