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Chapter 1, Lesson 4 & 5

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Consumer   Any organism that eats the food producers make or eats other consumers  
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Food Chain   A set of steps which organisms get the food they need  
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Decomposer   An organism that breaks down wastes and remains of other organisms  
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Ecosystem   living and nonliving things in an environment and all their interactions  
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Producer   An organism such as a plant that makes food  
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Food Web   A pattern that shows how food chains are related  
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An ecosystem is made of ....   a community, population and habitat  
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The three types of organisms are....   producers, consumers and decomposers  
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What is a population of an ecosystem?   The number of one living organism in an ecosystem.  
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A drought changes the ecosystem of a large area of land, turning to a desert. What might happen to the plants because of this change?   Only those that need little water will survive  
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What does a consumer eat?   Producers and consumers  
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Producers are important to the ecosystem because they   are a source of energy, hold soil in place and provide shelter.  
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An herbivore is a consumer that eats only...   plants.  
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A carnivore eats only...   animals.  
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An omnivore is a consumer that eats...   plants and animals  
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Decomposers break down living and dead matter into simple   chemicals  
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A drought is...   a long period of time with little or no rain.  
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Overpopulation is...   an ecosystem that has too many of 1 kind of living thing.  
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Name 2 examples of a producer...   lettuce and grass  
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Name 2 examples of a consumer...   humans and birds  
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Name 2 examples of decomposers...   snails and worms  
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A food chains and food webs are related by   the same animal  
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A disease kills a large population of plants in an ecosystem- what will happen to the other populations?   Consumers that eat those plants will die and then consumers that eat those consumers will die.  
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Name the 3 differences in an ecosystem...   soil, sunlight and water  
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Name 3 types of pollution...   water, air and land  
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Name 2 ways we can fight pollution...   shut of lights, reduce and reuse  
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In a desert ecosystem what are some members of the community?   cactus, lizard, wolves, rabbits, woodpecker, owl  
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Name some habitats in a desert ecosystem   sand, rocks, dead cactus, cacti  
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