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| The mammals, fish, birds and plants that live in an environment. |
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| Members of one species in an area. |
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| List the 5 levels of organization in the environment from 1st to 5th. |
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Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere |
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| Organisms that can make their own food from sunlight. |
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| The non-living parts of the environment such as rocks, temperature and water. |
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| A COMMUNITY is several different populations living together. |
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| What do you call a diagram that has arrows showing energy flow from grass, to a rabbit, to a fox? |
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| This diagram is called a FOOD CHAIN. |
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Why do arrows on a FOOD WEB only point
in one direction? |
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| The arrows on a FOOD WEB only point in one direction because it is showing how energy goes to the animal that it is eating. |
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| What level of organization are scientists studying if they are looking at the egrets, herons, marsh crabs and cordgrass but not the water or rocks in a salt marsh? |
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| The scientists are studying the COMMUNITY. |
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| List the three types of consumers. |
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HERBIVORES
CARNIVORES
OMNIVORES |
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| An OMNIVORE is an organism that eats BOTH plants and animals. |
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| An ECOSYSTEM describes a community and its environment. |
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| An HERBIVORE is an organism that eats only plants. |
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| A FOOD CHAIN is a diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another. |
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| A CARNIVORE is an organism that eats only animals. |
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| A FOOD WEB is a diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organisms in an ecosystem. |
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| An ENERGY PYRAMID is a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy. |
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| If you made a chart showing all the organisms living in a local lake with arrows drawn between various organisms showing who ate what, what kind of chart have you made? |
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You have made a FOOD WEB.
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