What Weve Learned About Living Things in Ecosystems

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What Weve Learned About Living Things in
Ecosystems
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What is an ecosystem?

• Land and water
• Living and non-living things together
• Animals and plants

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What is the living part of an ecosystem called?

• Food chain
• Habitat
• Community

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The part of a community that includes only one
kind of living thing is called

• A population
• A group
• A neighborhood

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The home of an organism is called a

• Nest
• Habitat
• Den

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Cacti grow in a dry ecosystem called a

• Tundra
• Desert
• Prairie

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Light energy for the earth comes from

• Light bulbs
• Sun
• Earth

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The suns energy is used by ____ to make food.

• Solar cells
• Decomposers
• Producers

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Organisms that eat food made by producers are
called

• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Prey

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Living things that have died are broken down by

• Producers
• Decomposers
• Trash compactors

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People can help our world by studying how living
and nonliving things work together in an

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community

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Too many of one kind of living thing in an
ecosystem is called

• Pollution
• Overpopulation
• Community

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When smoke from a factory mixes with
precipitation it can be called

• Fog
• Smog
• Acid rain

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A long time period with little or no rain is
called a

• Drought
• Heat wave
• Water shortage

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When harmful things are put into the air, land,
or water, they cause

• Contamination
• Smog
• Pollution

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During a drought many plants die which can cause
animals to suffer and die because there is little

• Oxygen
• Air and space
• Food and water

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