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4-1 & 4-2
5A
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Science
5th Grade
01/26/2006

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Term
Ecsystem-
Definition
all the living and non living things in an orgainsm
Term
ecology-
Definition
the study of realationships among living and nonliving things in an area
Term
what are non living things of a rainforest

hint- 5
Definition
w ater
sunlight
temerature
soil
air
Term
in rainforests what are there alot of?
Definition
rain

high humidity
Term
true or false there are no short spring days?
Definition
False

there are no short WINTER days
Term
True or Flase in most rainforests soil is poor
Definition
True
Term
list some animals in the rainforest
Definition
howler monkey, macaws, sloths, squirrel, jaguar, kankaju
Term
Habitat
Definition
a place where a species lives
Term
niche-
Definition
a role that a species plays in an ecosystem
Term
no organism has the same niche true or false
Definition
TRUE
Term
Howler MOnkey eats whatfound where?
Definition
eat you leaves found mostley in high trees
Term
tell about macaws
Definition
fly, use keen eyesight to find fruit, nest in holes, in the rain forest
Term
tell about sloths
Definition
eat leaves , stems, berries, fruit, usually found at night
Term
tell about squirrel monkeys
Definition
eats leaves, fruits, small animals, insects, spidersfound at ALL levels of the rainforest
Term
tell about ocelots
Definition
usually on ground eats mice, lizards,snakes, birds, sloths,
are active at night
Term
Poisen arrow frog
Definition
eats insects live on ground found on trunks, branches, and other levels of the tree but not the top
Term
jaguar
Definition
spend most of life on ground, like ocolots, eat birds, monkeys, sloths, fish, and other land animals
Term
Population-
Definition
all of the members of one species that live in the same area
Term
community
Definition
all the populations living together in one area
Term
Why do howler monkey howl
Definition
to warn other howler monkeys to say away
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