Vocabulary
Changes to Ecosystems
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
Dicotomous Key
Misc.
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What is a flower?
A flower is the part of the plant that creates the seeds.
100
What is pollution?
Pollution happens when harmful substances are added to the air, water or land.
100
A What is a producer?
producer is a plant that can make its own food.
100

What is the #1 rule for using a dicotomous key?

Start at 1 and go to 2 then 3.

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What are 3 plant parts and their function?
Stem - support plant Roots-absorb water Leaves - make food Flower - make seeds Fruit - protect the seed Seed - reproduce the plant
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What is a herbaceous plant?
Herbaceous means to have a soft stem.
200
What is overpopulation? Name a cause.
Overpopulation is when there are too many of one kind of living thing. This happens because of limited predators.
200
What is a consumer? Name 3 things they eat.
A consumer is an organism that cannot make its own food. It eats producers or other consumers.
200
What does alternate mean?
It means the leaves are alternate (not directly across) from each other on a branch
200
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is the living and non-living things in an environment.
300
What is a drought?
A drought is when there is little to no rain for a long period of time.
300
What is a problem with drought?
Droughts cause fires, plants & animals die, upsets the food chain
300
Is a snake a producer, consumer, or decomposer?
Consumer
300

What type conventions are needed for writing the genus and species

Capital letter for Genus, lower case letter for species and either underlined or italics
300
What is FROG?
Food, reproduce, cells, change, grow
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What is a botanist?
A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
400
How is acid rain formed?
Acid rain is caused when pollution in the air mixes with precipitation.
400
How are decomposers helpful to an ecosystem?
They eat waste and dead...they clean the ecosystem
400
What should happen at each point of a dicotomous key

their should be an organism keyed out at every step and each step has two parts a and b

400
Name 2 living things.
A lot of answers!
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What is a community? Name three things in a community.
A community is the living part ofan ecosystem. ex. plants, animals
500
Name 3 ways YOU could prevent pollution.
pick up litter turn off t.v. or lights shut off water when brusing teeth or bathing
500
Is a bird a producer, consumer, or decomposer?
Consumer
500

What is an issue with dicotomous keys

They are about observable features only and can miss relationships between developmental features or molecular relationships. 

500
What is the "food maker" part of a plant?
Leaves
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