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Living Parts of the Environment
Non-living Parts of the Environment
The Needs of Living Things
Interactions Among Living Things
Rando Factos
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Organisms that look similar to one another and that can mate to produce more of the same type of organism are called a ____________.
What is a species?
100
Non-living things in parts of an environment are called __________.
What are abiotic elements?
100
The physical space where an organism lives.
What is its habitat?
100
All members of a particular species found in one area.
What is a population?
100

The first step in scientific method

What is a question? 

200
Living things are also known as __________.
What are organisms?
200
List 4 examples of abiotic elements in an environment.
What are: sunlight, air, rock, rain, snow, sand, water.
200
Plants use _________ to use their own foods (sugars), which are then used to perform life functions.
What is sunlight?
200
The struggle that happens when organisms in the same habitat try to use the same resources.
What is competition?
200

An orchid growing on the bark of a tree

What is commensalism? 

300
Organisms that can only be seen by a microscope such as bacteria and some algae are known as _________
What are micro-organisms?
300
True or false: a rotting log is an ecosystem?
What is true?
300
Humans and many other organisms breathe in _________ to obtain oxygen, which they need to perform life processes.
What is air?
300
An animal that hunts other animals for food is called a _________.
What is a predator?
300

The relationship between one organism that benefits whereas the other is harmed but not killed. 

What is parasitim? 

400
The living parts of an environment, such as plants and animals are called __________.
What are biotic elements?
400
Name three human interactions that may occur in an environment such as a lake?
What are: fishing, swimming, pollution, boating, etc.
400
Animals need ________ to digest food and to form body fluids such as blood, that distribute water, minerals, gases and food particles throughout their bodies. Plants need ______ to grow and produce their food.
What is water?
400
An animal that is hunted by the predator is called ________.
What is the prey?
400

True or False: The population of prey does not affect the population of predators

False

500
When populations of different species live in the same area.
What is a community?
500

The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.

What is ecosystem

500

The most basic need of life. Most of the energy that makes life possible

What is the sun?

500
An interaction between individuals of different species in which both individuals benefit.
What is mutualism?
500

True or False: Humans change the environment they live in

True