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1
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How are living things classified

A

What physical features they have in common

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2
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Why are living things classified

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To make it easier to identify different organisms

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3
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What is the Linnaeus system of classification

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Kingdom phylom class order family genus species

King Paul cried out for good soup

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4
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What is a species

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A group of living organisms that are similar individuals and can only breed with one another

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5
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What is an ecosystem

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biological community of organisms

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6
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How do physical surroundings affect the ecosystem

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Animals have to adapt to their habitat and can’t survive in habitat that is not there own

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7
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What are populations

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The amount of similar organisms in one area

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8
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Consumer

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Consumes producers

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9
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Producers

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Produces its own food

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10
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Herbivore

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Only eats plants so producers

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11
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Omnivore

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Eats meat and plants so consumers and producers

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12
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Carnivore

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Eats meat… consumers only

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13
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What are 2 things that flow through a food chain

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Consumers and producers

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14
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What is photosynthesis

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It is how a plant makes it food with sunlight and co2 and breathes out o2

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15
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What is the primary source of energy used for all organisms

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Sun

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16
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What it the level of energy that passes from one food chain level to the next

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10%

17
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Can you draw a food chain

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Grass –> grasshopper–> magpie

18
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What is a food web

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Like food chain but more complicated with more detail

19
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Can I draw a food chain

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Yes but not on I pad way to difficult

20
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What is an apex predator

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The top of a food chain it has no predators

21
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What are microbes

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Bacteria and fungi

22
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What are fungi

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An organism that is a decomposer not a plant or animal apart of its own kingdom

23
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What are some examples of microbes and fungi

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mold, mushrooms are fungi and bacteria are microbes

24
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Why are microbes and fungi important to the ecosystem

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They are decomposes and without them nothing would get decomposed

25
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What are the changing conditions in Antarctica

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The ice caps melting off because global warming all the sea levels are rising

26
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How are these changing conditions affect the Antarctic ecosystem?

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If the sea level keep rising it will wash Antarctica away

27
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What are vertebrates

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Organisms with a backbone

28
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What are the five main groups of vertebrates

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Mammal,reptile,amphibian,bird,fish

29
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What is a parasite

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An organism that feeds off of its host but doesn’t kill it gets nutrients

30
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What do all invertebrates have in common

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No backbone

31
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What is an autotroph

A

Producer

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