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| Which plant part makes food for the plant? |
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| The seed forms in the female reproductive part of the flower called the |
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| Pollen forms on the ends of the male reproductive parts of the flower called the: |
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| Pollen is transferred from the stamen to the pistil in a process called: |
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| Most plants reproduce with seeds, but ferns and mosses reproduce with: |
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| Green plants produce their own food in a process called: |
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| To produce food, green plants use: |
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| water, nutrients, sunlight, carbon dioxide (from the air) and chlorophyll |
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| Many plants enter a period of ______ in the winter, which is similar to hibernation for animals. During this period most of their normal activities stop. |
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| An organism's _____ provides food, water, shelter and space. |
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| All of the organisms in a forest make up a _______, and all of the organisms in a pond make up a pond _______. |
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| forest community; pond community |
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| All energy comes from _____ , and then cycles through the food webs to all of the animals in the community. |
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| _______ get energy directly from the sun and use it to make food. |
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| Because plants produce their own food, they are called ___________ . |
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| Other organism do not get their energy from the sun. They get their energy by |
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| eating plants, or eating animals that have eaten plants. |
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| Organisms that get their energy from eating plants or other animals are called: |
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| The sun's energy cycles through the ecosystem in this order: |
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| All of the interrelated food chains in an ecosystem make up a: |
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| Food chains and food webs always start with a: |
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| The food chain starts with a producer (a plant) and ends with a: |
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| Decomposers like ______ break down organisms and recycle them back to the nutrient pool. |
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| All of the living and nonliving things in an environment make up: |
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| Everything in an ecosystem depends on everything else. Humans often destroy ecosystems by: |
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| polluting ponds, chopping down forests, etc. |
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| the role an oraganism plays in its environment |
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| The niche of every organism is different, and an organism's niche changes as it grows. A niche is the organism's role in the community, and includes |
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| what it does, what it eats, and what eats it. |
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| All organisms have _________ that allow it to survive in its environment |
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| Structural adaptations are __________ that help an organism survive, like long beaks, webbed feet, camouflage. |
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| Behavioral adaptations are things that organisms do to survive. Examples of behavioral adaptations are: |
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| migration, hibernation, instincts, etc |
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| The measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere is: |
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| Air circulates around the Earth in big chunks called: |
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