Environments and Survival-Chapter 1

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What does it mean to survive?

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To stay alive.

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What is a population?

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A group of the same kind of organism.

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What do biomimicry engineers do?

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They get their ideas from observing the traits of organisms.

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What can bar graphs show us?

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They can show changes in the number of organisms over time.

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What is an organism?

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A living thing that can survive on its own.

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What do we call the place where an organism lives?

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Its environment.

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Why is it important for a fish to have everything it needs to survive?

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Because without it, the fish may not survive.

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What happens to the number of snails with yellow shells over the last 10 years?

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The number has gotten smaller.

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What is the study of how organisms interact with their environment called?

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Ecology.

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What is an example of an organism?

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A snail, a fish, or a tree.