Grade 7 ecology project 50 marks Answer the following questions in your books

Grade 7 ecology project 50 marks

Answer the following questions in your books

1. Write the following concepts in the correct boxes(18 marks):

Eats primary consumer Carnivore Sunlight Plants non-living Mould Makes their own food through photosynthesis Omnivore Algae Prey Earthworm Lichen Herbivore Predator Polar bear Cactus Eats to get food to make energy Decay dead organisms or faeces Soil Sea otter

Producer: Make their own food through photosynthesis, Cactus, Plants

Primary consumer: Prey, Predator, Herbivore

Secondary consumer: Omnivore, Eats to get food to make energy, Carnivore, Prey, Polar bera, Sea otter

Tertiary consumer: eats primary consumers, Carnivore, Omnivore

Decomposers: Mould, Decay dead organisms or faeces, lichen

Abiotic: Sunlight, Algae, non-living, Soil

2.1 Choose 1 plant and 1 animal and explain how they are adapted to surviving in Uzbekistan
animal - roe deer
Roe deer are adapted to the forest edge. They are masters at exploiting the ecological opportunities caused by wild fires and floods. They also take advantage of human landscape disturbances and thrive when given a modicum of care and management.

plant

(4 marks)

2.2 Explain the 2 types of adaptations (page 46) (2 marks)

You have already learnt that bees are important for reproduction in plants.

3.1. Give 2 biotic and 2 abiotic factors that could affect the population (number) of bees on the school grounds (page 50) (4 marks)

3.2. Explain 2 factors that could cause the extinction of bees in the Namangan area (53) (2 marks)

4.1 Explain the how human waste causes land, water and air pollution (56 and 57) (6 marks)

4.2 Explain what an indicator species is and give 1 example (58) (2 marks)

4.3 Sustainable development project (12 marks)

This part of the project must be completed at home or at school in your free time. You must create a system or product which can help reduce the harm we cause to the environment.

This can be through reducing waste, recycling non-biodegradable substances into useful products, partnering with recycling companies or changing a practice in your and your families’ lives to be more sustainable.

You must make a product or model for this part of the assessment.