The study of living organisms; how they affect each other and their surroundings.

*Ecology

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*Habitat: is the place where

an organism lives.

*Environment :is the

surroundings of an organism.

*Adaptation: a feature that

helps the organism to

survive in its environment.

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*An example of mimicry: a Viceroy

butterfly looks like the poisonous

Monarch butterfly to fool its predators.

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*Predator: an animal that

hunts and eats other animals.

*Prey: an animal that is eaten

by a predator

*Herbivore: an organism that

feeds on plants.

*Carnivore: an organism that

feeds on animals.

*Omnivore :an organism that

feeds on both plants and

animals

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*The main source of energy for

all living things is the ……………

*This energy is captured by

…………………..

*Producer: an organism that

can make its own food

*Consumer: an organism that

feeds on other organisms.

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*Energy from the sun flows in one direction .

*Food chain: shows the feeding relationships of organisms

with arrows representing the energy flow.

*Food web

*Can you name:

*2 producers?

*2 consumers?

*2 vertebrates?

*2 invertebrates?

*Write down a food chain that

contains four organisms.

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** Give examples of ways

humans destroy natural

habitats.

*Over fishing, using nets that are dragged on sea floor.

*Cutting down trees.

*Polluting rivers, lakes and seas.

*Using pesticides to kill pests.