Environments Science
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| All the living and non-living things that surround an organism is the organisms | environment
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| All the living and non-living things in an environment and the ways they affect one another is an | ecosystem
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| The nonliving things that affect the organism that are not caused by other organisms are | Abiotic Environmental Factors
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| The living things that affect the organism that are caused by other organisms are | Biotic Environmental Factors
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| Organisms that live together and often depend on one another for food and other requirements make up a | community
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| An enclosed area where plants and animals are kept for research or observation is a | terrarium
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| A group of the same kind of organism living in the same area is a | population
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| The maximum population size in an area that the resources can support is the | carrying capacity
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| Any living plant or animal is an | organism
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| Any condition that influences the growth or survival of an organism or species is a | limiting factor
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| When one organism in its community is the organism's | niche
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| The number of individuals per unit of living space is an ecosystem is the | population density
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| The place where a population lives is the population's | habitat
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| A specific interaction between two species over a long time is known as | symbiosis
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| The transfer of food energy as organisms feed on other organisms is known as a | food chain
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| The way an organism acts towards its ecosystem is its | behavior
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| Anything in the ecosystem that causes an organism to react is a | stimulous
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| The action of an organism as a result of the stimulous is the organism's | response
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| Would the sun shining bright be a stimulous or a response | stimulous
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| Would shielding your eyes from the bright sun be a stimulous or a response | response
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| Behaviors an animal is born with and is passed on from generation to generation are called | innate behavior
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| A behavior that is taught is a | learned behavior
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| A trait that helps an organism to survive in a particular ecosystem is an | adaptation
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| A cactus having spikes is an example of a structural or behavioral adaptation | structural
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| Something that can be changed in an experiment is a | variable
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| The set of environmental conditions that an organism appears to choose over other conditions is the organism's | preferred environment
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| The ability of an organism to survive under a given set of conditions is the organism's | tolerance
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| The varying conditions of one environmental factor in which an organism can survive is the organism's | range of tolerance
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| Environmental conditions that are the best conditions for an organism are known as what kind of conditions | optimum
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| An aquatic environment is on that has to do with | water
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| A terrestrial environment is one that has to do with the | soil
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| Phototropism is when a plant grows | towards the sun
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| Geotropism is when a plant's roots grow down into the soil because of | gravity
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| The most energy in an energy pyramid is found at the | bottom
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| Where does energy for an ecosystem come from | sun
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| A herbivore is an animal that only eats | plants
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| A carnivore is an animal that eats other | animals
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| An omnivore is an animal that eats | plants and animals
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| Is a carnivore a primary or secondary consumer | secondary
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| Are a scavenger and a decomposer the same thing | No
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| Do both scavengers and decomposers eat living things | No
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| Does a scavenger eat dead animals | Yes
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| Does a decomposer break down what the scavenger leaves behind | Yes
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| What two things do living things need in order to survive | Energy and Matter
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| Is a herbivore a primary or secondary consumer | primary
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| Is weather an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Are plants an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Biotic
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| Is climate an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Is temperature an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Is light an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Is water an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Is soil an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Is pollution an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Are chemicals an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Are minerals an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Abiotic
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| Are plants an Abiotic or Biotic environmental factor | Biotic
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