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100
What is the layer of gases that surrounds Earth?


atmosphere or membrane

atmosphere

100

What is oil or crude oil called?

glucose or petroleum

petroleum

100

What is the natural world of the land, oceans, and air called?

environment or species

environment

100

What is an animal that feeds on dead and rotting animals or other kinds of waste called?

omnivore or scavenger

scavenger

100
Animals that hunt other animals for food are called predators.


True or False

True

200

What is the sprouting of a new plant?

fertilization or germination

germination

200

What is the green pigment in plants called?

algae or chlorophyll

chlorophyll

200

What are living things such as fungi and bacteria that get food by breaking down the remains of plants or animals called?

algae or decomposers

decomposers

200

What is an animal that eats only other animals called?

carnivore or omnivore

carnivore

200

What are animals that feed on plants and phytoplankton called?

carnivore or herbivore

herbivore

300

When a liquid turns into a gas or vapor?

evaporation or humidity

*evaporation

humidity is the measure of the amount of water in the air

300

What is polluted rain from gas released from burning fossil fuels called?

acid rain or enzymes

acid rain

300

What is stored energy formed millions of years ago from the remains of plants and animals called?

fossil fuels or renewable resources

fossil fuels

300

What is an animal that eats a mixture of animal and plant foods called?

carnivore or omnivore

omnivore

300

What is a series of plants and animals, each of which is eaten by the one after it called?

food chain or food web

food chain

400

What is the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant?

osmosis or pollination

pollination

400

What is the business of producing crops and raising animals called?

agriculture or industry

agriculture

400

What are the relationships between all the plants and animals and the place in which they live called?

ecosystem or Zootopia

ecosystem

400
What is a plant, or any other living thing that can make its own food called?


omnivore or producer

producer

400

What is the intricate network of food chains in an ecosystem called?

food chain or food web

food web

500

What is the process by which plants use energy from the Sun, water, and carbon dioxide to make glucose and oxygen?

photosynthesis or respiration

photosynthesis

500

What is the rise in the Earth's air and water temperatures caused by greenhouse gases called?

emissions or global warming

global warming

500

What is the number of different kinds of life in a habitat or place called?

biodiversity or ethnobotany

biodiversity

500

What is it called when a particular kind of animal or plant dies out completely?

endangered or extinct

extinct

500

What are members of the same animal or plant family called?

organisms or species

species