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Lesson 1
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The parts of an ecosystem
Lesson 2
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What a food chain
represents
Lesson 3
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Energy loss in a food chain
What a food web
represents.
Lesson 4
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what is meant by the terms
pyramid of
numbers/biomass.
Lesson 5
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Population growth
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Competition in plants
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Competition in animals
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
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The importance of Nutrient
cycles
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The process of the Nitrogen
cycle
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Pollution
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Describe what is meant by
habitat,
population,
community
ecosystem.
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Describe what is meant by producer and
consumer.
Identify producers and consumers in a food
chain
Identify predator and prey in a food chain
Explain what an arrow in a food chain
represents.
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State 2 ways in which energy can be lost
from a food chain
Give an example of both a food chain and
food web.
Explain possible effects of the removal of one
species on the remaining organisms in a food
web.
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Explain what is represented in a pyramid of
numbers
Explain what is represented in a pyramid of
biomass
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State that the growth rate of a population
depends on birth and death rates.
State 3 factors which can limit the growth of
a population.
Explain the growth curve of a population
under ideal conditions.
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State 2 factors that plants compete for
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Give an example of a factor animals compete
for
Give an example of a way animals compete
Describe an effect of competition on the
native red squirrel by grey squirrels.
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Explain the importance of nutrient cycles to
the organisms of an ecosystem.
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Describe the sequence of processes in the
nitrogen cycle.
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Give four areas where pollution can effect.
Explain an adverse effect of using fossil fuels
and nuclear power as energy sources.
Lesson 11
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Organic waste in rivers
Lesson 12
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Give three main sources of pollution giving
an example of a pollutant from each.
Give an example of one way in which
pollution may be controlled.
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State that organic waste is a food source for
microorganisms.
Explain the relationship between level of
pollution with organic waste, numbers of
micro-organisms, oxygen concentration and
numbers of species.
Describe the effect of increased numbers of
microorganisms on the oxygen available to
other organisms.
Explain what is meant by “indicator species”.
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Give 2 examples of poor management of
natural resources and suggest possible
improvements.
Explain how components of an ecosystem are
controlled in either agriculture or forestry.
Describe how the effect of poor management
of natural resources can produce problems.