Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Life on Earth
- Species - a group of organisms that breed fertile offspring.
- Habitat - the environment an animal or plant lives in
- Resources influence adaption of all animals. Food, water,Light. Creating competition.
- Cactus - stems right into ground to collect water. Spikes to protects itself.
- Food Chains
- Direction of energy & material transferred through organisms.
- Interdependance - all things within the food chain is interrelated. rely on each other.
- Autotroph - A plant
- Food Webs
- All the food chains in a habitat are interrelated.
- Decomposers - bacteria & fungi.
- Detritivores - Earth worms & woodlice that break it down into smaller particles.
- Percentage of energy successfully transferred = amount used / potential available x 100
- On average only 10% energy gained from the sun stored as plant tissue.
- Carbon
- Nitrogen
- Combustion
- Fuel + Oxygen ------> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy Released
- Respiration
- Glucose + Oxygen -----> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy Released
- Photosynthesis
- Carbon Dioxide + water ----Light Energy----> Glucose + Oxygen
- Gene Mutation
- Genetic variation occurs when changes called mutations in the genes occur
- Selective Breeding
- When 2 animals/plants with certain traits deliberately mated so that its produces a offspring with certain characteristics.
- Natural Selection
- When the environment of the animal or plant affects which survives meaning environment determines its traits.
- Evolution
- Combined effects could lead to formation of new species.
- Mutations
- Natural Selection
- Environmental changes
- Isolation - isolated from one population so can't breed.
- Today it is accepted that all life came from evolution of natural selection.
- Biodiversity
- refers to the variety of life on earth
- Measured in a number of ways.
- The number of species in a area
- Range of different types of organisms
- The genetic variation within species.
- It enables ecosystems & the species within them to survive natural disasters.
- Extinction
- Rate of extinction on earth increasing
- Excessive hunting of animals
- Removal of their habitats.
- Introducing predators to new locations
- Eradicating a pest has a knock on effect on food web.
- Sustainability
- meeting the needs of people today without the damaging the earth for future generations
- What materials should be used
- How much energy is needed to manufacture it.
- How much pollution will be produced as a result.