Plants
Latin names of plants have two parts: species and genus. In what order do these two parts go to form the complete Latin name?
Genus then species
What is one major difference between an invertebrate and a vertebrate?
A vertebrate has a backbone while an invertebrate does not.
Where do all ecosystems get their energy?
The sun
How can extra nutrients from agriculture end up in a lake?
As 'runoff' when water moves over land into a lake.
What is the by which plants convert solar energy to usable chemical energy called?
Photosynthesis
What is one major difference between a unicellular and a multicellular organism?
Unicellular organisms are made of only one cell while multicellular organisms are made of more than one cell.
What is speciation?
What is one difference between a food chain and a food web?
E.g. a food web shows more of the interactions within an ecosystem than a food chain
What is eutrophication?
An overload of nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem.
What is the process by which cells convert chemical energy into usable energy called?
Cellular respiration
What is pollination?
The transfer of pollen from the male parts of a flower to the female parts of a flower.
Why can animals but not plants live in the deep sea?
Because animals do not require sunlight to get food but plants do.
Which of the following snacks is the best choice to have a lower ecological footprint for a Swede: an apple or a pineapple?
An apple
What is an example of a greenhouse gas?
Answers may vary. E.g. carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapour
What three things do plants require for photosynthesis?
Sunlight, carbon dioxide and water
What are the two types of pollination?
Wind and animal
What is an adaptation?
Which organism in a food chain/web is most likely to accumulate the largest amount of toxins?
The one at the top / the apex predator
Answers may vary. E.g. burning fossil fuels adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than the system can remove in a timely fashion, carbon dioxide that is not removed from the atmosphere acts as a greenhouse gas, etc.
What two things do plants produce during photosynthesis?
Oxygen and glucose (sugar)
What is one major difference between a coniferous and a deciduous tree?
Answers may vary. E.g. coniferous trees produce cones and deciduous trees do not, coniferous trees keep their needles in the winter while deciduous trees drop their leaves
Give an example of an adaptation.
Why can eating more vegetarian meals help to make your ecological footprint smaller?
Answers may vary but could include: animals producing methane, animals requiring plants to live (meaning you would need to produce both), animal feed having ecological footprints in other parts of the world, etc.
Why is eutrophication a bad thing?
It can lead to algal blooms --> algae dying because they use up all of the extra nutrients --> decomposers using extra oxygen to decompose the extra algae --> lack of oxygen in the ecosystem --> death of organisms requiring oxygen
What two things does cellular respiration respiration produce?
Carbon dioxide and water