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True or False Our ecosystem is made up of living and nonliving things that interact
True
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All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem make up a __________________
population
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What is a herbivore?
consumers that only eat plants
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The driesst ecosystem is called?
a desert
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What is the first step in the scientific methond?
State the problem
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What are the two things that animals need that travel through a food chain?
nutrients and minerals
200
What is a decomposer?
organisms that live and grow by breaking down the waste and remains of dead plants and animals to obtain nutrients
200
What is a carnivore?
Consumers that only eat animals
200
Grasshoppers, prairie chickens,and bison can be found here
Grassland
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Another name for this step (or step 3) of the scientific method is a predicition
Hypothesis
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What is a niche?
a specific role an organism has in its habitat
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The energy in an ecosystem comes from_______________
the sunlight
300
What is an omnivore?
Consumers that eat both plants and animals
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This ecosystem is always wet and gets rain year-round.
Tropical Rain Forest
300
True or False. In step 4 of the scientific method, you should include the procedure and materials needed for the experiment.
True
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List the living things of an ecosystem
all the organisms such as plants, animals, protists, fungi and bacteria
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Which part of a food web has the most available energy?
the producers
400
True or false A bighorn sheep, mountain lion, and vulture are all carnivores?
False a bighorn sheep is a herbivore
400
A cold, dry region where the ground beneath the surface is frozen all year long.
Tundra
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True or False After you have analyzed the data from your experiment with your class you are finished with the scientifc method steps
False...you have the last step, conclusion, left.
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List the nonliving parts of an ecosystem
air, climate, soil, and water
500
Why are fungi and bacteria important to energy transfer in an ecosystem?
Fungi and bacteria are decomposers that return minerals and nutrients to an ecosystem
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What is the name of consumers that feed on dead plants and animals called?
Scavengers
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A jumping cholla can be found in this ecosystem
A desert
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Name all the steps to the scientific method
Problem, background information, hypothesis, experiment, results (collect data/analyze data) and conclusion