Organisms in their Environment

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What actors affect organisms?
Temperature, availability of nutrients, amount of light, availability of water, co2 and oxygen
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How does temperature affect an organism?
Affects their rate of metabolism, some organisms cannot maintain a constant body temperature, some can't tolerate extreme temperatures,
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How does the availability of nutrients affect an organism?
nutrients such as nitrates are essentials for the growth of plants/microorganisms, if there's a low amount they may not be able to survive
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How do the amount of light affect an organism?
Plants require light for photosynthesis, plants grow slowly in low light intensities
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What are transects used to study?
The distribution of organisms along a line
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When using quadrats and transects how can you make your results more reliable?
Take a large sample size to be more representative of the whole population, use random samples
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