Biodiversity

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What is biodiversity?

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Biodiversity refers to the variety of living organisms in a particular area, including different species of plants, animals, and microorganisms.

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What are producers in an ecosystem?

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Producers are organisms that can make their own food using sunlight, such as plants.

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What are consumers in an ecosystem?

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Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms for energy, such as deer and squirrels.

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What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals, like a raccoon.

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What is mutualism?

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Mutualism is a type of relationship between two organisms where both benefit, like bees and flowers.

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What is parasitism?

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Parasitism is a relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another, like a tick on a dog.

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What is commensalism?

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Commensalism is a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed, like cattle egrets and cattle.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with their environment.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.