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WorksheetsSustaining ecosystems key terms quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
An ecosystem can be defined as.....
A community of plants and animals.
A community of plants and animals together with the environment in which they live.
A group of plants and their surroundings.
A group of animals and their habitat and food sources.
The nutrient cycle is....
The way that energy in an ecosystem is stored in the fauna and flora.
The way that energy in an ecosystem is stored in the soil and plants.
The way that energy in an ecosystem is stored and flows between plants and animals.
The way that energy is stored and flows between the soil, biomass and litter.
In an ecosystem litter is defined as....
Rubbish from human waste.
Rubbish that needs to be disposed of in bins.
Decomposing plant and animal matter.
Decomposing leaves on the ground.
Photosynthesis is vital because.....
It allows animals to grow.
It allows producers to use the suns energy to synthesise nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
It allows consumers to use the suns energy to synthesise nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
It allows plants to grow.
A food chain is.....
Made up from producers and consumers and shows energy being transferred up the chain from one level to the next.
A chain of plants and animals.
A chain of plants and animals that pass energy from one to another.
A series of plants and animals that get eaten or eat each other.
Define flora and fauna
All types of animals.
All types of plants, trees and vegetation
Plants and animals
Any living species
Define the term 'Distribution.'
The amount of something in a given area.
The way that something is clustered around a given area of the World.
The way that something is shared between an area.
The way that something is shared out over a given area - either locally, nationally or globally.
Biomes are....
Largescale natural ecosystems that include both flora and fauna.
Smallscale natural ecosystems that include flora and fauna.
A local ecosystem that includes plants and animals.
A global ecosystem that includes only plants.
Goods and services can be defined as.....
Goods are what people can make from an ecosystem.
Goods are the products people obtain from an ecosystem.
Services are the things that ecosystems need help with.
Services are the jobs that ecosystems do for people.
Sustainable management of rainforests involves......
Agroforestry, selective logging, afforestation and monitoring to protect the ecosystem from human activities.
Deforestation, mining, road building, hydroeloectric power, agriculture and urbanisation.
Creating national parks.
Creating largescale protected areas such as wildlife corridors where fauna are able to move freely between areas (from country to country) without risk from human activity.
