Starter quiz
- What is a habitat?
- It is the range of different living species that live in a place.
- It's made up of all the living organisms in a place, interacting with each other
- It's the place where an organism lives. It must provide food, water and shelter. ✓
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- Match the word to its meaning.
- Biotic⇔All the living things in an environment. ✓
- Abiotic⇔All the non-living things in an environment. ✓
- What do plants need to survive?
- light ✓
- space ✓
- a mate
- water ✓
- nutrients ✓
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- Which of these features are abiotic?
Rocks ✓
Pollution ✓
Decomposers
Air ✓
- ______ is the process of protecting biodiversity and the environment.
- 'Conservation' ✓
- Why is biodiversity important?
- A high biodiversity helps to keep ecosystems healthy. ✓
- It allows one main species in a habitat.
- Humans need to grow large fields of single crops such as wheat to survive.
- Organisms interact and rely on each other to meet their needs and survive. ✓
- Humans rely on lots of different species for food and medicines. ✓
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Exit quiz
What is biodiversity?- The number of plants in a habitat.
- The number of animals in a habitat.
- The number of different organisms in a habitat. ✓
- The number of organisms in a habitat.
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True or False? Adaptations are physical features- True
- False ✓
- Match the plant adaptation to its benefit for the plants survival.
- Waxy leaves⇔to prevent water loss and wilting ✓
- Long deep roots⇔to gain water ✓
- Produce chemicals⇔to stop them being eaten ✓
- Grow towards the light⇔to obtain light for photosynthesis ✓
- Leaves growing towards the light and roots growing downwards towards water are examples of ______ adaptations.
- 'behavioural' ✓
- Which of the following are the main human causes of biodiversity loss?
- floods
- climate change ✓
- change of land use ✓
- forest fires
- agriculture and the use of chemicals ✓
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- Which of the following could increase biodiversity?
- Conserving habitats in a nature reserve ✓
- Planting a field of barley
- Deforestation
- Creating wild areas in parks and gardens ✓
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Key learning points
- Biodiversity is a measure of the range of living organisms.
- Living organisms, including plants, have adaptations that help them to survive in their environment.
- Examples of physical plant adaptations include shallow or deep roots, and the presence of spines to deter consumers.
- Plants can also have behavioural adaptations such as growing towards light.
- Changes to the environment can affect plant biodiversity.
Common misconception
Pupils often believe that biodiversity is the number of organisms that live in a place, rather than the number of different species that live in a place.
There is extensive coverage in the lesson around biodiversity being the range of species that are found in an area.
Keywords
Biodiversity - Biodiversity is the range of different living species that live in a place.
Adaptation - An adaptation is a feature that organisms have to help them live in a particular place.
Extinction - Extinction is the permanent loss of a species.
Conservation - Conservation is the process of protecting biodiversity and the environment.
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