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Natural Science unit 3
- Cooperation
- family groups
- Stable groups in which offspring are fed and cared for by their mother or parents during the first year of life
- hierarchical communities
- Ants, termites and bees live in highly organised societies with each organism specialised in a different hole: workers, drones and the queen
- gregarious species
- Some animal move, migrate or live in groups to protect themselves from predators. Fish,birds and cattle form schools, flocks and herds respectively
- competition
- two males of the same species compete for a female
- The different types of relationship between organism of different species
- Predation:
- Occurs when a stronger animal called: predactor
- predactor :
- captures, kills and eats an animal of a different species called: Prey
- Paratism:
- is a relationship that benefits one organism called: parasite
- parasite:
- can harm the other organism
- The organism that the parasite depends on us called: Prey
- food chain
- consumers
- Primary consumers
- herbivores and omnivorous are primary consumers
- examples: rabbits and grasshoppers
- secondary consumers
- are predators which eat primary consumers
- carnivores and omnivorous are secondary consumers
- Examples: foxes, toads
- tertiary consumers
- eat secondary consumers
- examples: snakes and hawks
- Producers
- Plants and algae are producers.
- They make their own food through photosynthesis
- decomposers
- Live on the remains of other living things
- Food web
- Most living things are part of more than one food chain.
- There can be many different food chains in an ecosystem and most of these food chains are connected
- The connected food chains make up a food web
- Extincion
- Occurs when every single member of a species die and none are left alive
- We can say that this species has become `extinct`
- About 65 million years ago a mass extincion occurred causing the loss of nearly 50% of the world's species
- This resulted in the extincion of the dinosaurs and many other groups of organisms
- The golden toad was once common species
- It extinct because none have been seen since 1989
- Biodiversity loss: causes and effects
- There are many natural causes of extincion, however humans are responsible for most of the recent loss of biodiversity in the world
- This is a result of several destructive practices and their consequences:
- Climate change. Pollution. Hurting and capturing animals.
- Biodiversity is a essential for a healthy planet Earth and has a direct impact on our lives
- Protecting biodiversity
- Endangered species are those which are in danger of extincion
- Nacional parks and biosphere reserves are created to protect wildlife and its environment
- The Iberian lynx is the most endangered cat species in the world
- It exists only in the wild in some areas of southern Spain
- The Iberian imperial eagle is an endangered species living only in restricted areas of Spain
- It is considered the rarest bird of prey in the world
- Monfrague Nacional Park in Cáceres is an outstanding example of Mediterranean forest.
- Doña a Nacional Park is an area of marshes and sand dunes in southern Spain.
- The park has a biodiversity that is unique in Europe
- Is is refuge some endangered species, such as the Iberian imperial eagle and the Iberian lynx, as well as numerous migratory birds