What 4 things do animals compete
Define the terms ecosystem, for? How are animals adapted to
community, population, compete for resources? Consider
competition, habitat and
interdependence.
Factors Affecting
Distribution
What 4 things do plants
compete for? How are
plants are adapted to
compete for resources?
Why are organisms
sampled instead of
counting the entire
population?
Sampling
Required practical 9:
Describe how to use a
transect to investigate
how distance from a tree
trunk (change in light
intensity) affects grass Why must we sample
populations randomly?
coverage.
Describe how animals Describe how animals
and plants are adapted
and plants are adapted to
to live in hot, dry
live in cold environments.
both physical and behaviour environments.
adaptations.
Define biotic and abiotic
and give examples of Describe the
relationship between
these factors.
predator and prey
Feeding
Give examples of
instruments and living-
populations. Relationships
indicators that can be
used to monitor changes Identify producers,
in the environment. primary, secondary and
tertiary consumers.
B7 Part 1
TREBLES
How are quadrats used in; Summarise the Why is biomass
Random sampling – processes in the reduced at each
Grid method water, decay and trophic level?
Systematic sampling - carbon cycle.
Transects
Biomass and
How can a quadrat What are the ideal
be used to conditions for Decay
measure a decay?
population using;
Frequency How do we use Define biomass. What
count make use of decay does a pyramid of
Percentage in biogas biomass show? Why is it
cover generators? better than a pyramid of
numbers?