What are ecosystems?
Living things affecting the environment
Natural resources
Fossils
What do fossils tell us?
100

All living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact is an ecosystem. True or false?

True

100

Living things compete with each other for ___ and space.

food

100

renewable resource are resources that can be replaced. True or false?

True!:)

100

No longer exist can also be described as ....

extinct

100

A scientist who studies fossils are called...

Paleontologist

200

_________ is all of the member of one species that live in an area

Population

200

Resource - important material that nonliving things need. True or false?

False. Living things need resources, not nonliving things.

200

Only 10% of Earth's water is drinkable. True or false?

false! Only 1% is drinkable.

200

The remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago.

fossil

200

Fossil fuels take 10 years to form. True or false.

False! They take MILLIONS of years to form.

300
A habitat is a place where an organism lives. True or false?

True

300

The movement of worn away rocks or soil is...

Erosion
300

What was made from organisms that lived long ago?

Fossil fuels.

300

What happens to the soft parts of an animal while the hard parts become fossils?

Decays or eaten.

300

A timeline of the history of Earth is called...

A geologic time scale

400
An ecosystem that is cold with frozen ground beneath the surface all year round.

Tundra

400

Some animals change their _________ to improve their habitat.

environment

400

Conservation is using _____ as little as possible and not wasting them.

resources

400

Sediments are bits of rock, sand, shell, and other material that harden into _____

rock.

400

Describe what a cast fossil and mold fossil is.

The space in rock in the shape of a living thing is called a mold fossil. Minerals that harden into the shape of the mold is called a cast fossil.

500

Describe some characteristics of an animal that lives in a cold habitat.

Long, thick fur

500

What is an example of a human affecting the environment?

Building a bridge (killing aquatic ecosystems)

Building a nest (for birds)

etc.

500

What is the definition and example of a nonrenewable resource (has to be exact)?

resources that exist in limited amounts or are used faster than they can be replaced in nature.

Example - coal, oil, gas, fossil fuels.

500

What is the difference between animal footprints and skeletons?

Footprints provide clues about how an animal moved about, while skeletons provide clues about what an animal looked like.

500

Describe what we can tell about the depth of a fossil.

The deeper a fossil is found buried in the Earth, the older it most likely is.

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