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CHAPTER 4: INTERDEPENDENCE AMONG LIVING ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

INTERDEPENDENCE
AMONG LIVING
ORGANISMS

DEFINITION

EXAMPLE

HABITATS

SPECIES

POPULATIONS

COMMUNITY

ECOSYSTEM

INTERACTION BETWEEN LIVING THINGS AND NON-LIVING THINGS IS IMPOTANT AS IT

MAINTAIN. 1.
2
INTERACTION BETWEEN LIVING ORGANISMS.
Living organisms interacts between living organisms by:
a. .
b. ..
c.
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TYPE OF INTERACTION:
TYPE OF
INTERACTION
1.

EXPLAINATION

EXAMPLE

Definition

predator prey

2. symbiosis

Definition

i.

Commensalism

Definition

ii.

mutualism

Definition

iii.

parasitism

Definition

3. competition

Definition

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

DEFINITION

ADVANTAGES
EXAMPLE
TWO TYPE OF
INTERACTION USED
IN BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL.

i.
ii.
iii.
i.
ii.
i.
ii.

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FOOD WEBS
Definition and example
Food webs
1. producers
2. consumers
3. decomposers
FOOD CHAINS
Definition and example
Food chains

iv.
v.

Why are plants called the producers? ..

Name the secondary consumer in the above food web. ..

PYRAMID OF NUMBERS
DEFINITION:

Example:
TERTIARY CONSUMER

SECONDARY CONSUMER

PRIMARY CONSUMER

PRODUCER
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From the base of the pyramid to the top:

i.
the number of organisms ..
ii.
the size of the organisms ..
iii.
more is lost.
iv.
If all the rat in the habitat die, what will happen to?
a. The snake .
b. The owls ..

PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
DEFINITION

EQUATION
i.
ii.
IMPORTANT
iii.
iv.
v.
i.
CONDITIONS
ii.
NECESSARY FOR
iii.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
iv.
PRODUCT OF
i.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS ii.

presence of ..
presence of ..
presence of ..
presence of ..

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NATURAL GAS CYCLE

Definition:
.
Definition:

1. The carbon cycle

The process that release carbon dioxide into air include:

i..
ii. .
iii. .
Definition:

The process that release oxygen into air include:

i. ..
2. The oxygen cycle The process that use oxygen include:
i. .
ii.
iii.
iv.
a.
Name the process that returns oxygen to the atmosphere? .
b.
Name the products of photosynthesis? .
THE ROLE HUMAN BEINGS IN MAINTAINING THE BALANCE OF NATURE.
1.
2.
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3.
4.
HUMAN ACTIVITIES BRING ABOUT AN IMBALANCE THE ECOSYSTEM. EXAMPLE:1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

forestry/logging
..
.
.
..
.
.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Human activities cause pollution and have raised the following environmental issues:
a. the greenhouse effect
b. the thinning of the ozone layer
c. acid rain

the greenhouse effect

the thinning of the ozone layer

acid rain

Definition

Cause

Effect

i.

i.

i.

ii.

ii.

ii.

iii.

iii.

iii.

CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

How to reduce environmental pollution:
1. ..
2.
3.
4. .
The end..