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1
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What are all living and nonliving things that interact with each other known as?

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Ecosystem

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What is a kind of organism that can reproduce?

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Species

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What are organisms?

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Any living things

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What are nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

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Abiotic

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What are the living parts of an ecosystem?

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Botic

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What’s the difference between an aquatic ecosystem and a terrestrial ecosystem?

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Terrestrial is on land. Aquatic is underwater.

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Where does energy for all living things originate from?

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The Sun

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Why are plants considered producers?

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They produce energy

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Why are animals considered consumers?

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They consume energy

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What’s the difference between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores?

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Herb: plant eaters, Carn: meat eaters, Omni: plant & meat eaters

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What are some ways that humans can change ecosystems?

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Pollution, deforestation, overuse

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What are some ways that nature can change ecosystems?

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Flooding, hurricanes, drought, tornados

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What needs to happen to have a healthy ecosystem?

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Biodiversity

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What does biodiversity mean?

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Many different species

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15
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Who introduces nonliving things to the environment?

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people

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What’s the best way to wipe out a species?

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Eliminate its habitat

17
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What are plant and animal species whose numbers are so low that they are disappearing forever?

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Endangered species

18
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What is the removal of the forest to make land available for other uses?

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Deforestation

19
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What is the dying off or killing of something forever?

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Extinction

20
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What is a plant or animal’s place that it naturally lives in or the environment that it normally lives in?

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Habitat

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What are the factors that upset the balance of an ecosystem called?

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Disruptions

22
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What is an animal that hunts and eats other animals?

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Predators

23
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What is an animal that is hunted by other animals for food?

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Prey

24
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What is an apex predator and describe how it interacts with its ecosystem?

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A predator that has no natural predators that act as the population controller in an ecosystem.

25
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What are plants and animals that are not native to an ecosystem that cause harm when they are introduced to an ecosystem?

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Invasive species

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