Ecology

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Q1. What is an animal

with a backbone called?

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A1. Vertebrate

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Q2. What is an animal

without a backbone
called?

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A2. Invertebrate

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Q3. What do we call a

cold-blooded land
animal that lays eggs?

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A3. Reptile

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Q4. What are flying

animals that evolved
from the dinosaurs
called?

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A4. Birds

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Q5. What do we call an

animal that gives birth to
live young?

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A5. Mammal

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Q6. What do we call an

animal that lives on land
and in the water?

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A6. Amphibian

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Q7. What do we call an

animal that eats meat?

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A7. Carnivore

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Q8. What do we call an

animal that catches and
eats other animals?

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A8. Predator

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Q9. What do we call an

animal that is caught
and eaten by another
animal?

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A9. Prey

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Q10. What do we call

the natural world in
which humans, animals,
and plants live?

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A10. Environment

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Q11. What do we call

the natural place where
a plant or animal lives,
like a forest, desert, or
riverbank?

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A11. Habitat

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Q12. Name a solid

object that has a square
base and a point at the
top?

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A12. Pyramid

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Q13. What do we call a

self-contained
community that interacts
with the environment?

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A13. Ecosystem

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Q14. What do we call a

strip of ground along
which ecological
population
measurements are
made at regular
intervals?
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A14. Transect

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Q15. What do we call A

diagram that shows the
transfer of energy as
one animal eats
another? (It always
starts with a plant)
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A15. Food chain

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Q16. What do we call a

square hoop used to
define a set area for
counting a population?

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A16. Quadrat

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Q17. What do we call a

life-essential chemical
like nitrogen,
phosphorus or
potassium?

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A17. Nutrient

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Well Done!
Now check your score

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