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Define the word biotic:

Define the word abiotic:

List 3 abiotic features that would affect the organisms in the following environments:

A fox living in a semi-arid desert A polar bear living in the Arctic circle

Circle or label 3 biotic features in green. Circle or label 3 abiotic features in red.
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Study the picture below. Choose the most appropriate term from the list below to match the descriptions.

All the non-living and living features in an area.

A herd of wildebeest.

Different populations living together in an area.

The African Savannah.

The termites that live together in the termite mound

Gazelles, zebra and giraffes are all members of a …?

An individual lion hunting for food.

A pride of lions hunting for food.

All ecosystems that exist on Earth.

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Look at the graph below and answer the following questions

Underline or highlight the species of eucalyptus tree with the greatest tolerance to E. paciflora
temperature change: E. radiata
E. longiflora

Which species of eucalyptus tree would grow best in warmer temperatures?

Which species of eucalyptus tree would grow best in cooler temperatures?

Name the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) feature that is being examined by the graph.

Biotic feature
Abiotic feature
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Define the following terms:

Predation
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism

Classify each of the relationships described in the following interaction examples by identifying the relationship
described (predation, parasitism, mutualism, or commensalism)

Interaction Relationship
Spiders build their webs on the trunks of trees and stems of plants.

The yellow rattle plant invades the roots of plants close by to get extra nutrients.

E. coli is a bacteria that lives in the guts of humans. The humans provide the
perfect environment for E. coli reproduction and in return they provide extra
vitamin K.
An oyster attaches itself to a mangrove. The oyster has a place to live and the
mangrove is not affected by the oyster.

A rat is captured and eaten by a barn owl.

The sea lamprey uses its coral disc to attach itself to a larger fish. It bores a hole
through the fish to suck its blood.

A butterfly is trapped in a spider’s web. The spider eats the butterfly.

Explain what is meant by the statement “Organisms that are involved in interdependent relationships vary across
different ecosystems, however patterns of interactions are shared between ecosystems”?
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Define the word predator:

Define the word prey:

How could an organism be both predator and prey? Explain and provide two examples:

Explanation:

Example 1: Explain 2:

Plants don’t get the energy and chemicals they need for growth in the same way animals do. Explain:

One of the arrows below points in the wrong direction. Draw the correct arrow in each box.

What does the arrow indicate?

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Look at the graph below and answer the following questions

Identify the predator and prey in the graph by writing the correct letter below:

The predator is represented by line

The prey is represented by line

Use red to change the graph to show what might happen to the prey if the predators suddenly died of disease at the end
of the wet season in Year 2.
Use green to change the graph to show what might happen if the population of prey went extinct at the end of the dry
season in Year 1.

Why do the trends (shape of the lines) describing the populations of predator and prey look similar?
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Define the word herbivore:

Define the word carnivore:

Define the word omnivore:

Use the food web to answer the questions

Name 3 producers:

Name an organism that is both a secondary and a tertiary consumer:

Name an organism that is both a secondary, tertiary, and quaternary consumer: