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Science Chapter 4
Interdependence among Living
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Organisms and the Environment
Content
1. Interdependence Among Living
Organisms
2. Interaction Between Living Organisms
3. Food Webs
4. Photosynthesis
5. The Importance of The Conservation and
Preservation Of Living Organisms
6. Role of Man in Maintaining the Balance
in Nature
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4.1
Interdependence Among
Living Organisms
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Habitat
A habitat is the natural living place of
plants and animals.
A habitat provides an organism with air,
space, food, shelter and a place in which
to breed.
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Species
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Population
A population is a group of organisms
comprising the same species that live
together in a habitat.
For example,
(a) a population of monkeys
in a tree
(b) a population of elephants
on a grassland
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Community
A community consists of
several species of animal and
plant population that live
together and interact with one
another in a habitat.
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem consists of several
communities that interact with one another
and with the physical environment (nonliving things such as water, air, soil, light
and mineral salts).
For example,
(a) a pond ecosystem
(b) a tropical rainforest ecosystem
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4.2
Interaction Between
Living Organisms
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1. Prey-predator
A predator is an organism that kills and
eats another organism.
A prey is the organism that is eaten.
predator
prey
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1. Prey-predator
A predator usually has special physical
characteristics such as sharp claws and
fangs, or a sharp beak, with which to kill its
prey.
A prey usually has the ability to run away a
from a predator.
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Symbiosis
Symbiosis basically
means living together .
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I .Commensalism (Symbiosis)
In commensalism
one species
benefits from the
interaction, as the
other is unaffected.
The unaffected
species is the host.
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I .Commensalism (Symbiosis)
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Louse
suck blood
from their
host
Rafflesia absorb
minerals from roots
of other plants.
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Competition
Competition occurs when organisms
compete for the same basic resources.
Animals compete to obtain water, food,
living space and mates for reproduction.
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Competition
Plants compete to obtain water, sunlight,
minerals and living space.
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Biological control
Biological control is a method in which a
predator, the natural enemy to a certain
pest, is used to control the population of
that pest in an area.
The aphid is a pest to the
gardeners, damaging his
plants.
The ladybirds helps the
gardener by ridding him of
these pests
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Biological control
Biological control has many advantages as
compared with using pesticides.
Some of them are:
(a) it does not pollute the environment
(b) it does not kill other organisms except
the pests
(c) it is cheap and safe to use
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Biological control
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Biological weed
control involves the
release of
organisms that
attack plants to
control weeds.
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4.3
Food Webs
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Food Chain
A food chain is an energy flow showing how
energy in food is passed from plants (producers)
to animals (consumers).
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Food Webs
A food web consists of several food chains that
are interlinked to one another
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Pyramid of numbers
A pyramid of
numbers shows
the number of
organisms at
each stage of the
food chain.
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Pyramid of numbers
From the base of the pyramid to its peak:
(a) the number of organisms decreases
(b) the size of the organisms increases
(c) more energy is lost
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4.4
Photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis equation
chlorophyll
Carbon
dioxide
water
Glucose
(food)
oxygen
sunlight
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Experiment 1
break the
cells.
soften the
leaf
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remove
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Experiment 2
Aim :
To show plant need carbon dioxide for photosynthesis .
Info :
Sodium hydroxide absorbs carbon dioxide
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4.5
The Importance of The
Conservation and Preservation
Of Living Organisms
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Ozone hole
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Acid rain
Gases such as
sulphur dioxide and
nitrogen dioxide
dissolve in
rainwater to form
acid rain.
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4.6
The Importance of The
Conservation and Preservation
Of Living Organisms
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