Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Today we will be looking at how plants and animals are adapted to survive in different conditions.  Answer the following questions in your books, using the links to help you:
  1. What things do plants need to survive and reproduce successfully
  2. How do animals take in energy from the environment? Think of one example of an animal being adapted to do this better:
  3. Explain what 'heterotroph' means.
  4. Watch this video, and give the main resource that the plants are competing for:
  5. Outline the adaptations that antarctic fish have that help them survive. - What is an extremophile?
  6. Name one extremophile organism and where it lives. 
  7.  List three things that animals compete for:
  8. Complete this activity and give the biological definition of a community.
  9. What is competition between organisms? 
  10. Do organisms like plants or animals always compete for the same resources? Explain why:
  11. When does competition occur between organisms (what conditions need to happen?)?
  12. When individuals are in competition, which ones are the most likely to survive? 
  13. Try this game. What helps a population survive longer? 

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