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FCAT Review 9/10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| environment | All the living and non-living things that surround and affect an organism. |
| ecosystem | A community of organisms and the environment in which they live. |
| pollution | A waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem. |
| conservation | The preserving and protecting of an ecosystem or a resource. |
| extinction | The death of all the organisms of a certain kind of living thing. |
| habitat | The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive. |
| adaptation | A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive. |
| instinct | A behavior that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught. |
| grassland | An area of land covered mostly with grasses that generally receives less rain than a forest. |
| desert | An area of land that is very dry. |
| taiga | Land that is very cold in winter and that is mostly covered with conifers. |
| polar | Near Earth's North Pole or South Pole. |
| wetland | An area of land covered with shallow water for most of the year. |
| intertidal zone | The area between the land and the ocean that is covered by water at high tide and uncovered at low tide. |