How to Investiagte an Ecosystem (Leaving Cert Biology): Flashcards
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Primary data
Primary data
Data collected by observing/measuring in real habitats
Biotic factors
Biotic factors
Living parts of ecosystem (plants and animals)
Abiotic factors
Abiotic factors
Non-living parts (temperature, light, soil)
Grassland ecosystem
Grassland ecosystem
Artificial ecosystem created by human activities
Monoculture
Monoculture
Habitat where only one plant species is encouraged to grow
Food web
Food web
Complex feeding relationships between organisms in habitat
Producers in ecosystem
Producers in ecosystem
Plants that convert sunlight into energy via photosynthesis
Primary consumers
Primary consumers
Herbivores that feed directly on plants
Secondary consumers
Secondary consumers
Carnivores that hunt and eat herbivores
Adaptations
Adaptations
Special features helping organisms survive in their environment
Habitat
Habitat
Specific place where a plant or animal lives
Quadrats
Quadrats
Square sampling frames used to study organism distribution
Transect
Transect
Line of quadrats placed systematically across an ecosystem
Qualitative study
Qualitative study
Records which species are present or absent in habitat
Quantitative study
Quantitative study
Records actual numbers of each organism found