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Ecosystems Flashcards

1
Q

A living thing thing is called an ____________

A

Organism

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2
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Give me some examples of organism

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A mouse, an insect, a human, a bacteria

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3
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A group of very similar organisms

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Species

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4
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It means to have offspring or babies; only members of the same species can do it

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Reproduce

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5
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The place where an organism lives; surroundings and environment

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Habitat

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6
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Place that protects you from bad weather or danger

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Shelter

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7
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T or F

Only big environments can be considered habitats

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F

Even a drop of water can be a habitat

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8
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Needs

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Requirements

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9
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Why do organisms live in different habitats?

A

Because they have different requirements for survival

Freshwater, deserts, oceans

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10
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Hot and wet

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Tropical

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11
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T or F

Animals can move to different places within their habitats

A

True

Frogs begin as tadpoles in the water and then go to land

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12
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Small lake

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Pond

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13
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All the members of one species in the same area

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Population

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14
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Which butterflies migrate from western Canada to Mexico

A

Monarch butterflies

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15
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All the populations that live together in one place

A

Community

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16
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A group of whales is a __________ while the combination of plants and animals are a _____________

A

Population

Community

17
Q

T or F

In a community, different kinds of organisms cannot use the same resources (water, shelter, food)

A

False

18
Q

An ____________ is made up of living and nonliving things

A

Ecosystem

19
Q

Water, soil, air, sunlight, rocks are

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Nonliving things

20
Q

Give an example of how living and nonliving things interact in an ecosystem

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Plants take water and soil

Animals breathe oxygen

21
Q

These kind of organisms use energy from sunlight to make their own from water and CO2

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Producers

22
Q

Producers make food through

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Photosynthesis

23
Q

Organisms cannot make their own food; they eat other organisms

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Consumers

24
Q

They eat only plants (deer, horses, birds)

A

Herbivores

25
Q

They eat only animals (lions, spiders and snakes)

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Carbivores

26
Q

A type of carnivore that eats dead organisms (vultures and catfish)

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Scavengers

27
Q

They eat plants and animals (crows and bears)

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Omnivores

28
Q

Organisms that break down dead plants and animals, which are changed into nutrients that go back to the soil.

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Decomposers

29
Q

Who uses the nutrients that go back to the soil?

A

Plants

30
Q

What are the two main kinds of decomposers?

A

Bacteria and fungi

31
Q

The movement of food through a community

A

Food chain

32
Q

T or F

A food chain always begins with consumers

A

False

33
Q

Describe an example of a food chain

A

Algae to small fish to big fish

Plant to insect to bat to owl to decomposers

34
Q

T or F

Every part of the food chain is necessary

A

True

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