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Chapter 4
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5th Grade
06/06/2010

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In the                     there is the same amount of sunlight every day, no short winter days, and the temperature is about the same throughout the year.
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rainforest
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All of the                    in the rainforest are inside living things
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Nutrients
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When a living thing dies,specialized organisms rapidly                                  and                     it's nutrients.
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break it down

 

 

release

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Howler monkeys spend most of thier time                                                    .
Definition
searching for young leaves that grow up in the treetops
Term
The role of a species in an ecosystem is a              .
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niche
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A community is made up of all the living things in an area that would include trees,               ,and              .
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ants

 

 

 

monkeys

Term
The process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide is called what?
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photosythesis
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tropical plants get sunlight by growing high up inthe branches of trees.Some have roots that anchor them to the           while others send roots all the way down to the              .
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tree

 

 

 

ground

Term
Consumers that only eat plants are called               .
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herbivores
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Consumers that eat plants and animals are called               .
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omnivores
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An organism that helps break dopwn and decay dead organisms and the wastes of living organisms are called                  .
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Decomposers
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The first level of the energy pyrmaid is the largest because  it is the level with the most              . The plants get this energy from the      . it represents the energy trapped by the          and all the other                 in the rainforest.
Definition

energy

 

sun

 

trees

 

producer

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The higher you go in the food pyramid, the amount of energy                 .
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decreases
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A combination of all the food chains in a community is a                    .
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Food web
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If a predator is removed from the food web there might not be enough          for certain species in the web.
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food
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                                 is what consumers give off and producers need.
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Carbon Dioxide
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The leaves of a plant make sugar that is used by the        ,          , and          .
Definition

roots

 

stems

 

branches

Term
               use nitrogen compounds from the soil to make proteins.
Definition
plants
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Bacteria in the soil can change nitrogen compounds into                      .
Definition
Nitrogen gas
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What are the three main parts of the water cycle?
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evaporation

 

condensation

 

 

precipitation

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An animal such as a bush dog that searches for and eats bodies recently dead animals is known as a                .
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Scavenger
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The role of an organism in it's enviroment is known as it's           .
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niche
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