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| Place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs |
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| Smallest unit of ecological organization is a single |
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| An organisms particular role |
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| Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources is called |
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| When a jellyfish paralyzes a tiny fish with its poisonous tentacle, the fish is the... |
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| a close relationship between 2 species that benefits at least one of the species is called... |
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| An organism's habitat must provide the following.... |
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| nonliving parts of an ecosystem |
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| To carry out photosynthesis, algae and plants use the abiotic factors sunlight, carbon dioxide and... |
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| Hawks and owls hunt at different times of the day to reduce... |
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| All the different populations that live together in an area make up... |
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| All the different populations that live together in an area make up... |
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| The study of how things interact with each other and with their environment is called... |
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| Consumers that eat both plants and animals |
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| If a kestrel eats a mouse that eats grass, the kestrel is... |
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| Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem makes up |
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| In the water cycle when water vapor becomes liquid water it is... |
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| a typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time is called.. |
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| a land biome is extremely cold and dry is called... |
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| an organism which makes its own food is called... |
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| animals which feed on the bodies of dead organisms are called... |
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| the first organism in a food chain is always a... |
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| This is NOT an example of precipitation |
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| What is released as a result of photosynthesis |
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| What is an abiotic factor and give examples |
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| Abiotic factors are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Examples include water, sunlight, oxygen, soil, temperature |
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| Why are decomposers essential to life on Earth? |
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| Decomposers remove dead organisms and wastes from the environment and change complex compounds into simpler molecules. Without them, these simpler molecules would not be returned to the environment for other living things to use. |
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