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Ecosystem
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What is an ecosystem? | A community of organisms that interact with their environment. |
| 2. What is ecology? | The study of the relationship between an organism and its environment. |
| 3. What is a producer's job in an ecosystem? | To make food and oxygen for animals. |
| 4. Why are animals important to an ecosystem? | They produce carbon dioxide. |
| 5. What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors? | Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things. |
| 6. What would happen if there were no abiotic factors in an ecosystem? | Plants would be unable to grow and produce oxygen for the animals. |
| 7. What are three examples of biotic factors in an ecosystem? | Plants, animals, and bacteria. |
| 8. What does a plant or animal need to survive in an ecosystem? | Food, shelter, water, air, sunlight |
| 9. Why are rainforest ecosystems important? | Rainforests are responsible for about 40% of the oxygen we breathe! |
| 10. How do animals respond to seasonal changes in an ecosystem? | Some animals migrate, and some hibernate. |