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| The process by which plants make food |
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| Three things plants need to make food |
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| How do plants store food? |
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| What is the test for starch |
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| iodine turns brown -> black |
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| Why are plants called producers? |
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| Why are animals called consumers ? |
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| What are animals that eat plants and animals called? |
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| What are animals that eat only other animals called? |
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| What are animals that eat only plants called? |
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| What are the are the second animals in a food chain called? |
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| What are the first animal in a food chain called? |
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| the number of one type of organism living in an area |
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| What is an animal that hunts and kills animals for food? |
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| What is an animal that is hunted and killed for food? |
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| What happens when there is an increase in prey population ? |
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| increase in predator population |
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| What happens when there is an increase in predator population ? |
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| decrease in prey population |
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| What makes a food web more stable ? |
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| What happens to energy at each step in a food chain? |
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| Name three things an animal uses energy for ? |
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| for growth, moving, keeping warm. |
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| How does an animal lose energy ? |
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| the waste produced by the animal |
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| What energy is not available to the next animal in the chain? |
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| The energy used to keep warm and to move and the energy lost as waste |
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| What happens to the numbers of each organism in a food chain as you go up the chain? |
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| What does a pyramid of numbers show? |
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| the numbers of each organism in a food chain |
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| When will the shape will not be a pyramid? |
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| if a food chain involves a large producer or a small consumer |
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| a feature of a plant or animal that helps it to survive in its environment |
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| What is causing many species to have become extinct ? |
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| What is an endangered species ? |
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| those with numbers that are so low they may become extinct |
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| Name some human activities that are endangering organisms |
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| deforestation, over fishing, over hunting |
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| What is the name for endangered organisms being protected ? |
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| Name some conservation methods |
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| include national parks, captive breeding in zoos, fishing quotas, hunting bans |
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