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24 Cards in this Set
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WHAT ARE ECOSYSTEMS
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PLANTS AND ANIMALS MEET THEIR NEEDS IN THE PLACE WHERE THEY LIVE. LIVING THINGS DEPEND ON OTHER LIVING THINGS AND NONLIVING THINGS AROUND THEM.
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ENVIRONMENT
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EVERYTHING THAT SURROUNS A LIVING THINS. AN ENVIRONMENT HAS LIVING PARTS AND NONLIVING PARTS.
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NAME 4 NON-LIVING THINGS THAT ARE PART OF A PLANT'S OR ANIMAL'S ENVIRONMENT?
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Sun's rays, air, water and soil.
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ECOSYSTEM
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LIVING AND NONLIVING PARTS ACTING ON EACH OTHER OR INTERACTING.
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POPULATION
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ALL LIVING THINGS OF THE SAME KIND THAT LIVE IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.
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COMMUNITY
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ALL THE POPULATIONS THAT LIVE TOGEHTER IN THE SAME PLACE.
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GRASSLAND
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GRASSLAND IS A LAND ECOSYSTEM. IT HAS MANY GRASSES AND FLOWERING PLANTS, BUT FEW TREES.
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DESERT
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AN ECOSYSTEM THAT GETS VERY LITTLE RAIN. THE DAYS ARE HOT AND THE NIGHTS ARE COLD.
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WHY DO CERTAIN PLANTS DO WELL IN DESERTS?
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CERTAIN PLANTS LIKE CACTUSES STORE WATER IN THEIR LEAVES, SO THEY DO WELL WITH LITTLE RAINFALL.
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TUNDRA
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TUNDRA IS A COLD, DRY, LAND ECOSYSTEM. IT IS IN THE VER NOTHERN PART OF THE WORLD.
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WHAT PLANT CANNOT GROW IN TUNDRA?
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TREES! THEIR ROOTS CANNOT GROW IN THE FROZEN SOIL.
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WHAT IS THE COLDEST LAND ECOSYSTEM?
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TUNDRA!
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LIST THREE KINDS OF ECOSYSTEMS?
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1. GRASSLAND
2. DESERT 3. TUNDRA |
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NAME TWO (2) FOREST ECOSYTEMS?
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1. CONIFEROUS: FOREST THAT HAVE MANY CONFIERS LIKE, SPRUCE, FIR AND PINE TREES. THEY GROW IN COLD SNOWY CLIMATES.
2. DECIDUOUS: HAVE TREES LIKE, OAK, MAPLE AND BEECH.THEY DROP LEAVES IN THE FALL. THEY GROW IN WARMER CLIMATES |
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WHAT IS A TROPICAL FOREST?
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FOREST THAT GROW NEAR THE EQUATOR, THE CLIMATE IS WARM AND RAINY ALL YEAR LONG. MOST ANIMALS LIVE IN THE TREES.
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NAME THREE TYPES OF FOREST?
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1. CONIFEROUS
2. DECIDUOUS 3. TROPICAL |
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WHAT ARE WATER ECOSYSTEMS?
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WATER ECOSYSTEMS CAN HAVE FRESH WATER, SALT WATER OR BOTH.
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WHAT ARE FRESH WATER ECOSYSTEMS?
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LAKES AND PONDS THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY LAND ARE FRESH WATER ECOSYSTEMS. LAKES, PONDS RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE FRESHWATER ECOSYTEMS.
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WHAT IS A WETLAND?
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A WETLAND IS A LOW LAND THAT IS COVERED BY WATER AT LEAST PART OF THE YEAR.
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TELL ABOUT SALT WATER ECOSYSTEMS?
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OCEANS ARE SALTWATER ECOSYSTEMS. OCEANS CONTAIN SALT AND COVER MUCH OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
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WHAT TYPES OF ANIMALS LIVE ALONG THE SHALLOW SHORE OF THE OCEAN?
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CLAMS, CRABS, KELP, FISH AND CORAL.
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EXPLAIN HOW CHAPARRAL, COYOTES AND GROUND SQUIRRLES DEPEND ON EACH OTHER!
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THE SQUIRRELS EAT PLANTS AND LIVE IN THE OPENING IN THE CHAPARRAL, AND THE COYOTES EAT THE SQUIRRLES. THIS GROUP IS A COMMUNITY.
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A GROUP OF TROUT THAT LIVE IN A RIVER UP A WHAT?
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POPULATION
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WHICH ECOSYSTEM HAS A WARM RAINY CLIMATE?
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TROPICAL FOREST
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