| Question |
Answer |
| an organism that gets energy by feeding on other organisms, or a person who buys goods or services |
consumer |
| a community of living organisms and their environment |
ecosystem |
| the surroundings that influence living things |
environment |
| information that is known to be true |
fact |
| water that soaks into the soil and is found in underground aquifers |
groundwater |
| an underground layer of soil or stone that contains water |
aquifer |
| a word that describes something found in still water |
lentic |
| a word that describes something found in moving water |
lotic |
| a representation of something that helps us understand it better |
model |
| substances that cannot be replaced once they have been used |
nonrenewable resources |
| an organism that competes with humans for resources |
pest |
| energy or materials found in nature that will be replenished over time |
renewable resources |
| a tool that compares one thing to another by using measurement |
scale |
| studying the natural world by using inquiry and experimentation |
science |
| a group of objects that work together |
system |
| any device used to help humans do work |
tool |
| the land from which water runs off and drains into larger bodies of water (also called a drainage basin) |
watershed |
| land where water has a greater effect than any other factor on the land's soil, plants, and animals |
wetlands |
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