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Chapter 5 Science
Chapter 5, Lessons 1 & 2
Question | Answer |
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all the living and nonliving things that surround you, all parts affect each other. Larger than an ecosystem. (school) | Environment |
people, animals, and plants | Living Things |
includes water, air, soil, and weather | Non-living |
all the living and nonliving things in an area, can be very small. | Ecosystem |
temperature and rainfall in an area, averaged OVER MANY YEARS | Climate |
one plant or animal | Individual |
a group made up of the same kind of individuals. Example: bees in a beehive, students in a school | Population |
made up of all the populations that live in the same place and depend on each other. | Community |
living parts of an ecosystem. Examples: trees, insects, people | Biotic |
nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Examples: sunlight, air, water, soil, climate | Abiotic |
four seasons, trees lose their leave | Deciduous forests |
7 to 33 feet of rain a year, near the equator | Rain Forests |
climate is nearly the same all year | Grassy Savannas |
only 10 inches of rain a year | Deserts |
largest ecosystem on Earth, very cold in winter | Taiga |
TREELESS PLAIN, coldest climate, -40 degrees F to 64 degrees F | Tundra |
the number of different kinds of living things, the rain forest is at the top of this list and the Tundra is at the bottom of the list. | Diversity |