๐ŸŒฑ Small but Mighty
๐Ÿ“– Vocabulary Challenge
๐Ÿ”ฌ Science in Action
๐Ÿ“ Prove It!
๐Ÿค” Critical Thinking
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: What do small organisms help return to the ๐ŸŸซ soil (ๅœŸๅฃค) so plants can grow?

Nutrients (ๅ…ปๅˆ†).

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: What does ๐ŸŒฑ environment (็Žฏๅขƒ) mean?

โœ… Answer: The place where plants, animals, and people live.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: What does it mean to ๐Ÿ“ record information (่ฎฐๅฝ•ไฟกๆฏ) in a science project?

โœ… Answer: To write down or save what you see.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: If someone says "Smaller organisms are not important," how could you use the word ๐Ÿ”„ cycle (ๅพช็Žฏ) to prove them wrong?

โœ… Answer: Smaller organisms are part of the cycle that keeps plants and animals alive.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Why do you think many people donโ€™t notice ๐Ÿฆ  smaller organisms (ๅพฎ็”Ÿ็‰ฉ)?

โœ… Answer: Because they are tiny and live underground or in places people donโ€™t look.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Why are ๐ŸŒฟ tiny (ๅพฎๅฐ็š„) organisms that break down plant and animal material (ๅŠจๆค็‰ฉๆๆ–™) important for the environment (็Žฏๅขƒ)?

They keep the cycle going by recycling nutrients.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Which phrase means โ€œhelp scientists with their research (ๅๅŠฉ็ง‘ๅญฆๅฎถ่ฟ›่กŒ็ ”็ฉถ)โ€?

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ”ฌ assist scientists with their research.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: The article says there are ๐Ÿ”ข 590 million observations (5.9 ไบฟๆฌก่ง‚ๅฏŸ) on eBird. What are these observations about?

โœ… Answer: About where birds live and what people saw.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Use ๐ŸŒฑ environment (็Žฏๅขƒ) in a sentence to explain why protecting small organisms matters.

โœ… Answer: Small organisms keep the environment healthy.


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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: If ๐Ÿž rare species (็จ€ๆœ‰็‰ฉ็ง) disappear, what effect could this have on the ๐ŸŒฑ environment (็Žฏๅขƒ)?

โœ… Answer: The environment could lose balance and other plants or animals might suffer.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Without ๐Ÿฆ  smaller organisms (ๅพฎ็”Ÿ็‰ฉ), what would happen to the energy (่ƒฝ้‡) and process (่ฟ‡็จ‹) that maintain (็ปดๆŒ) the environment?

The cycle would stop, soil would not get nutrients, and life could not continue.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Which adjective describes something that may disappear forever, like the ๐Ÿž nine-spotted ladybug?

โœ… Answer: โ˜ ๏ธ extinct (็ญ็ป็š„).

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Why do scientists ask people to โฌ†๏ธ upload (ไธŠไผ ) photos to apps like ๐Ÿฆ iNaturalist?

โœ… Answer: Because it helps them identify species and study the ๐ŸŒฑ environment (็Žฏๅขƒ).

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Imagine you are in a debate. Someone says, "We donโ€™t need to study ground dwellers (๐Ÿพ ๅœฐ้ข็”Ÿ็‰ฉ)." How would you use evidence from the reading to challenge this idea?

โœ… Answer: Without ground dwellers, nutrients wouldnโ€™t return to the ๐ŸŸซ soil (ๅœŸๅฃค), and plants couldnโ€™t grow.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Question: Imagine scientists stop studying citizen science (๐Ÿงช ๅ…ฌๆฐ‘็ง‘ๅญฆ) projects. What problems might happen in the future?

โœ… Answer: We might lose important data, not notice when species become โ˜ ๏ธ extinct (็ญ็ป็š„), and fail to protect the environment.

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