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Module 2, Lesson 6 Flashcards

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What are “surroundings” called?

A

Environment

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Are living things connected and affect each other in many ways?

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YES

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What puts limits on life? Example: temperate, rainfall, soil conditions limits where plants and animals can live.

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Environment

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A group of plants and animals that depend on each other and the environment in which they live for survival.

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Ecosystem

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Another word for environment and ecosystem but larger than ecosystem

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Biome

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What are 2 examples of change that affect the whole system?

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1 - Lack of rain

2 - Animal dies

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The place where a plant of animal lives

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Habitat

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What word means to “die out”?

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Extinct

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What causes extinction?

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Hunting, cutting down trees, etc.

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Can laws help protect the environment?

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YES

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What are the basis for all food that animals eat?

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Plants

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What helps determine what plants will grow?

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Grow

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Decayed plant or animal matter; helps make soil fertile

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Humus

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Name 2 ways soil can lose fetility.

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1 - erosion from wind or water

2 - desertification (spread of desert like conditions)

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A place where living things depend on each other and the environment for survival (examples: river, meadow)

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Ecosystem

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How do people and nature change the ecosystem?

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Through small changes that affect the system, such as drought or clearing land

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Can plants and animals live anywhere?

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NO - they adapt to specific environments

18
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How is a biome different from an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem can be as small as a garden or a pond; a biome is much larger and may contain several ecosystems.

19
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What causes desertification?

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Erosion or planting the same crops over and over again (the soil can no longer support plant life)

20
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Why do geographers and scientists study soils?

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To determine which plants can grow, and plants are the basis for all animal food.

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