1. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology1 Ecology

2. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology2 Q1. What is an animal with a backbone called?

3. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology3 A1. Vertebrate

4. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology4 Q2. What is an animal without a backbone called?

5. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology5 A2. Invertebrate

6. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology6 Q3. What do we call a cold-blooded land animal that lays eggs?

7. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology7 A3. Reptile

8. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology8 Q4. What are flying animals that evolved from the dinosaurs called?

9. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology9 A4. Birds

10. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology10 Q5. What do we call an animal that gives birth to live young?

11. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology11 A5. Mammal

12. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology12 Q6. What do we call an animal that lives on land and in the water?

13. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology13 A6. Amphibian

14. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology14 Q7. What do we call an animal that eats meat?

15. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology15 A7. Carnivore

16. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology16 Q8. What do we call an animal that catches and eats other animals?

17. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology17 A8. Predator

18. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology18 Q9. What do we call an animal that is caught and eaten by another animal?

19. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology19 A9. Prey

20. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology20 Q10. What do we call the natural world in which humans, animals, and plants live?

21. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology21 A10. Environment

22. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology22 Q11. What do we call the natural place where a plant or animal lives, like a forest, desert, or riverbank?

23. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology23 A11. Habitat

24. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology24 Q12. Name a solid object that has a square base and a point at the top?

25. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology25 A12. Pyramid

26. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology26 Q13. What do we call a self-contained community that interacts with the environment?

27. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology27 A13. Ecosystem

28. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology28 Q14. What do we call a strip of ground along which ecological population measurements are made at regular intervals?

29. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology29 A14. Transect

30. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology30 Q15. What do we call A diagram that shows the transfer of energy as one animal eats another? (It always starts with a plant)

31. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology31 A15. Food chain

32. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology32 Q16. What do we call a square hoop used to define a set area for counting a population?

33. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology33 A16. Quadrat

34. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology34 Q17. What do we call a life-essential chemical like nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium?

35. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology35 A17. Nutrient

36. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8d - Ecology36 Well Done! Now check your score