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| It includes all the nonliving things that surround a living thing. |
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| What are some examples of the environment? |
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| Water, air, sunlight, soil, and the temperature |
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It is all the living and nonliving things in a certain area.
It can be big or small. |
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| It is all the plants or animals of the same kind that live in an ecosystem. |
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| The habitat is where each population lives in the ecosystem. |
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| All the different populations make up a community which includes all the living things in the ecosystem. |
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| What are the three main groups of living things? |
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| Consumers, producers, and decomposers |
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| Who are the decomposers and what do they do? |
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Decomposers help break down dead things and wastes.
Bacteria, mold, mushrooms, and earthworms |
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| Animals that eat only plants. |
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| Consumers that eat both plants and animals. (Bears, skunks, and robins) |
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| Consumers that eat only animals.(wolves, weasels, and tigers) |
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| What do living things do? |
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| Grow, reproduce, and interact |
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| What do Food Chains and Food webs show? |
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| They show how energy moves through an ecosystem. |
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| If one part of the food web changes, does it affect the whole food web? |
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| Any animal that hunts and eats other animals. |
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| The animals that a predator hunts for. |
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| The food web is made up of several food chains linked together. |
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| Does the ecosystem change? |
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| What can change the ecosystem? |
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| People, population, disease, animals, and the environment(extra water, drought, lightning) |
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