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Planets
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 3rd planet from the sun | Earth |
| planet that is no longer considered a planet | Pluto |
| planet with rings | Saturn |
| planet with evidence of water | Mars |
| hottest planet | Mercury |
| planet named after the goddess of love | Venus |
| largest planet | Jupiter |
| non-living organisms | Abiotic |
| living organisms | Biotic |
| different types of organisms in an area | Biodiversity |
| meat eating organisms | carnivore |
| eats dead matter | detritivore |
| plant eating organism | herbivore |
| plant and meat eating organism | omnivore |
| eats other organisms to obtain energy | consumer |
| catches and feeds on other animals | predator |
| gets hunted | prey |
| plants that use the sun's light for energy | producer |
| breaks down dead material | decomposer |
| area where organisms live | habitat |
| group of similar organisms that have the ability to reproduce with each other | species |
| solid layer under the subsoil | bedrock |
| parts of the earth where life exists | biome |
| uses oxygen to obtain energy from glucose | cellular respiration |
| process in which plants use carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to produce glucose | photosynthesis |
| removing all trees at one time | clearcutting |
| carnivore that eats the remains of dead animals | scavengers |
| contains relatively large rock particles | sandy soil |
| species at risk of becoming endangered if changes aren't made to the ecosystem | threatened |
| non-native species that cause harm to the ecosystem | invasive species |
| complex in which living things interact with each other and with non-living things | ecosystem |
| remains of dead organisms and animal wastes | organic matter |
| the level of oxygen in water | dissolved oxygen(DC) |
| rain that contains acids formed from nitrogen and sulfur | acid rain |
| how much land and water is needed to support a person's lifestyle | ecological footprint |
| gradual build-up of chemicals in an organism's body | bioaccumulation |
| all members of the same species dies | extinction |
| organic material made up of plant and animal waste | biomass |
| destroying nature in small areas creating potential danger and harm to the organisms living within it | habitat fragmentation |
| an example of a fertilizer | eutrophication |
| how fast oxygen is used up in water | Biological Oxygen Demand(BOD) |
| chemicals sprayed on crops that kill unwanted organisms | pesticide |
| a huge wave of development of houses, factories, and businesses near the forests and such | urban sprawl |
| contains rock particles of many different sizes | loam |
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