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| Living parts of an ecosystem are called what? |
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| Non-living parts of an ecosystem are called what? |
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| These get their energy by eating other organisms. |
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| What do we call the scientific study of how organisms interact with their environment and all the other organisms found there? |
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| What is a particular environment and all the living things that are supported by it? |
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| This element is the "backbone" for all living things. It is not a living organism without it. |
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| Almost 80% of the air that you breathe is made of what element? |
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| Most of the earth's carbon is located where? |
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| Give me two examples of a fossil fuel. |
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| These are the "clean-up" crew of the ecosystem. |
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| List two biotic factors in a desert. |
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| cactus, rattlesnake, lizard, camel |
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| List two abiotic factors in the open ocean. |
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| water, sunlight, sand, dirt, air, temperature, dead fish, etc. |
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| List three different ecosystems. |
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| pond, river, mountain, jungle, prairie, desert, forest, etc. |
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| Name three objects that contain carbon. |
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| pencil, diamond, coal, gas, sugar, all plants, all animals |
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Tell me the order of a food chain using the following organisms:
locust, snake, leaf, frog
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locust (primary) eats the leaf (producer)
frog (secondary) eats the locust (primary)
snake (tertiary) eats the frog (secondary)
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| In the energy pyramid, where are most organisms found? |
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| producers (at the bottom of the energy pyramid) |
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| What organisms are producers? |
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| In the energy pyramid, where are the least amount of organisms found? |
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| Name two tertiary consumers. |
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| humans, bears, lions, tigers, sharks |
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| Where would you place a cow in the energy pyramid? |
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| Where would you place a frog in the energy pyramid? |
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| Is energy lost or gained as you go up the energy pyramid? |
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| A plant uses the sun's energy, water, and and carbon dioxide to produce what? |
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carbohydrates (sugars)
(plants release oxygen and water vapor) |
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| What do we call the process whereby the plants use the sun's energy to produce food? |
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| What gas do humans breathe out (exhale) as waste other than water vapor? |
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| The oil, gas, and coal we use today was created millions of years ago by what? |
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| dead plant and animal matter deep in the ground |
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| Matter might change form but it never leaves the what? |
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| A food web is several overlapping what? |
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| A tomato and an apple are examples of what? |
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| A rabbit and a deer are examples of what? |
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| Give three examples of decomposers. |
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| bacteria, fungus (mushrooms), millipedes, centipedes, maggots, earthworms, termites, pill bugs, etc. |
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| These make energy available to all other living things. |
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| List three things that decomposers might digest. |
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| dead leaves, dead roots, dead branches, dead animals |
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| Water vapor that is cooled, sticks to a surface such as dust, gets close together, and often forms clouds is called what? |
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| the release of water vapor into the air by animals |
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| What do we call the release of water vapor into the air by plants? |
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| Water changing into water vapor because of increasing temperatures is called what? |
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| When water vapor condenses and cools down enough, what part of the water cycle occurs next? |
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| water flowing down mountains, hills, or slopes in the form of rivers or streams |
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| Why do we get less energy from eating a rabbit after the rabbit has eaten carrots? |
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| Because the rabbit has burned off some of the energy by running, moving about, giving off body heat, etc., etc. |
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| When precipitation occurs you normally have runoff and what other part of the water cycle should occur? |
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| water will seep into the earth (groundwater) |
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