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What needs of living things does the environment provide?
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air, water, food, space and shelter
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What is an environment?
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is everything living and non- living around a living thing
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What is population?
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a group of the same kind of organisms that live in the same place at the same time
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all the popluations that live in an ecosystem
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What is a habitat?
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the place in its ecosystem where a population lives
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fires, floods, and other weather phenomena
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Beavers build dams and lodges that block steams or destroy the trees other animals may live. People cut down trees to build homes, removing possible habitats of other animals.
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cutting down trees, using water, or mining resources
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What nonliving things are found in an ecosystem? |
Air, water, rocks, soil, and sunlight are nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
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A pond that contains waterlilies, frogs, fish, insects, and cattails is an example of ---. |
a community
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What is a deciduous forest? |
Warm in summer cold in winter trees that lose and and grow their leaves each year
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What happens to the leaves of deciduous trees before they fall from the tree? |
They change color.
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When do deciduous trees drop their leaves? |
in the fall (in general)
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Where Living Things Are Found What Are Forest Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 2 What are deciduous forests? |
Deciduous forests grow in places that have warm, wet summers and cold winters. Deciduous forests lose their leaves in the fall and regrow them in the spring.
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Where Living Things Are Found What Are Forest Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 2 What are coniferous forests? |
Coniferous forests grow where there is less rain than other types of forests need. Coniferous forests have conifer trees, which have needle-like leaves and stay green year-round.
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Where Living Things Are Found What Are Forest Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 2 What is a forest? |
A forest is an area in which the main plants are trees.
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Where Living Things Are Found What Are Forest Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Which kind of forest has trees that lose their leaves in the fall? |
a deciduous forest
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Where Living Things Are Found What Is a Desert Ecosystem? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 3 What are the two kinds of deserts? |
hot deserts and cold deserts
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Where Living Things Are Found What Is a Desert Ecosystem? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 3 What is a desert? |
an ecosystem found where they is very little rainfall.
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Where Living Things Are Found What Is a Desert Ecosystem? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 3 What are some animals that live in the desert? |
reptiles such as snakes and lizards; small mammals, such as bats, rabbits, and squirrels; scorpions and insects
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Where Living Things Are Found What Is a Desert Ecosystem? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 3 What is a desert? |
an ecosystem that gets very little rainfall
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Where Living Things Are Found What Is a Grassland Ecosystem? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 4 What is a grassland? |
a place were there is not enough rain for most trees to grow but too much rain for a desert to form and just enough rain for grasses
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Name three animals that live in the grasslands? |
antelope, rabbits, deer, mice, prairie dogs, foxes, coyotes, badgers, snakes, hawks, and so on
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Where Living Things Are Found What Is a Grassland Ecosystem? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 4 What might happen on the open prairier, there is no place for large animals to hide. |
They run fast to escape predators.
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Where Living Things Are Found What Is a Grassland Ecosystem? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 4 What might happen on the open prairie, when there is no place for small animals to hide. |
Many small animals live in burrows.
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Where Living Things Are Found What are Water Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 5 What are two types of water ecosystems? |
saltwater and freshwater
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Where Living Things Are Found What are Water Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 5 What is salt water? |
water that has a lot of salt in it
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Where Living Things Are Found What are Water Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 5 What is fresh water? |
water that has little salt in it
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Where Living Things Are Found What are Water Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 5 What do all ocean plants and animals have in common? |
They all live in salt water.
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Where Living Things Are Found What are Water Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Lesson 5 What are the main kinds of freshwater ecosystems? |
rivers, steams, lakes, and ponds
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Where Living Things Are Found Unit B Chapter 1 Review To a population of frogs living near a pond, the pond is its ---. |
habitate
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Where Living Things Are Found Unit B Chapter 1 Review Rivers and most lakes are --- ecosystems. |
fresh water
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Where Living Things Are Found Unit B Chapter 1 Review The water in the ocean is ---. |
salt water
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Where Living Things Are Found Unit B Chapter 1 Review --- are ecosystems where the main plants are trees. |
Forests
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Where Living Things Are Found Unit B Chapter 1 Review What type of ecosystem has trees with flat leaves that drop off each fall? |
deciduous
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Where Living Things Are Found Unit B Chapter 1 Review What type of ecosystem has evergreen trees; grow in cold winters and cool summers? |
coniferous
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Where Living Things Are Found Unit B Chapter 1 Review What are the two types of desert? |
hot and cold
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Where Living Things Are Found What are Water Ecosystems? Unit B Chapter 1 Review What are the two types of water ecosystems? |
fresh and salt
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What does it mean to interact? |
plants and animals working together
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 How do the ways plants and animals get food differ? |
Plants make their food. Animals get food by eating plants or other animals.
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What are some ways that plants interact with their environment? |
Plants use sunlight, air, and water from the environment to make food.
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What are some ways animals interact with their environment? |
Animals interact with other animals and with plants to get food. They also interact with nonliving things such as water, sunlight, soil, and rocks.
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is a producers? |
a living thing that makes it own food (plants)
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What kinds of living things are producers? |
plants
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What kinds of living things are consumers? |
animals
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is a consumer? |
A consumer is a living thing that eats other living things as food.
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is a herbivores? |
Animals which only eat plants.
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is a carnivore? |
animals thta get food by eating other animals
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is an omnivore? |
an animal that eats both plants and other animals
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Living Things Depend on One Another How Do Animals Get Food? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is a decomposer? |
a living thing that breaks down and feeds on wastes or dead things
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Chains? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is a food chain? |
the path of food and energy from one living thing to another
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Chains? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What will happen to the energy contained in the turtle if it is eaten by another animal? |
The energy in the turtle will be passed to the new animal.
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Chains? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Which level in the pyramid has the greatest amount of energy? |
the producer level
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Chains? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What kind of living thing is at the top of a food chain? |
An animal that is not eaten by other animals is at the top of a food chain.
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Chains? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Where is the most food energy in an energy pyramid found? |
The most energy is found at the bottom, or at the producer level, of an energy pyramid.
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Chains? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is the source of all the energy on Earth? |
the sun
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Chains? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is passed in a food chain from one living thing to another? |
energy
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Webs? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is a food web? |
a model that shows how food chains overlap and link together
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Living Things Depend on One Another What Are Food Webs? Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What are the three members of a food web? |
plants, predators, and prey
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review The path of food in an ecosystem can be shown is a --. |
food chain
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A --- makes its own food. |
producer
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review Consumers that eat both plants and animals are ---. |
omnivore
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review The living things in a community --- with each other and with nonliving things. |
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review interact |
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review Several linked food chains make up a ---. |
food web
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review Consumers that eat only plants are ---. |
herbivore
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A shark is a --- because it hunts its food. |
predator
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A model of how energy moves through a food web is called an ---. |
energy pyramid
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review Consumers that eat only animals are ---. |
carnivore
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A --- is a living thing that makes its own food. |
producer
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review Give an example of a producer. |
grass, any plant
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A --- is a living thing that uses another living thing for food. |
consumer
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review Give an example of a consumer. |
horse, any animal that eats plants
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A --- is a living thing that uses as food living things that have died. |
decomposer
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review Give an example of a decomposer. |
mushroom
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A model that shows how energy moves through a food chain is ---. |
an energy pyramid
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A spider hunts and kills other animals for food. It is ---. |
a predator
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review Producers get their energy from ---. |
the sun
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Living Things Depend on One Another Unit B Chapter 2 Review A bear lives in the woods near a river. How might the bear interact with its environment to get food? |
Bears can eat both plants and animals. This can include fish from the water as well as berries from its surroundings. Bears also eat small rodents.
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