Ecology AQA GCSE Biology

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An organism that makes it's own food is called a...
Producer
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What is the ultimate source of energy?
The sun
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A herbivore that eats a plant is known as the...
Primary consumer
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A carnivore that eats an herbivore is known as the...
Secondary consumer
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A carnivore that eats another carnivore is known as the...
Tertiary consumer
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What is the name given to the organism at the top of the food chain/web?
Apex predator
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What is the name given to an organism that feeds on dead and/or decaying organisms?
Decomposer
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The arrows on a food chain/web represent the transfer of...
Energy
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Animals need to compete for food, water, space and...
Mates
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Plant need to compete for space, water and...
Mineral salts
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Pyramids of numbers show the ................ of a community.
Population
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Pyramids of biomass show the .................... at each trophic level.
Biomass
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Biomass is the .......... ...... ..... of an organism.
Total dry mass.
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In a food chain only round about __% of the energy is passed onto the trophic level.
10
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Which process in the carbon cycle removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Photosynthesis.
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Combustion releases __- back into the atmosphere.
CO2
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Which carbon containing compound do plants produce during photosynthesis.
Glucose
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Water can also evaporate from plants in a process called...
Transpiration
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An abiotic factor is a ....-........ factor
Non-living
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Disease is an example of a ........ ........
Biotic factor
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Soil pH is an example of a .......... ........
Abiotic factor
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Fungi and bacteria are examples of ...................
Decomposers
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