Summer Vocabulary Science 1

What is BIODIVERSITY?

• A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

• 1. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• The study of animals

• The study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them

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zoology

• the study of animals and animal life

• an animal doctor

• the scientific name for all members of the dog family

• an inherited behavior pattern

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1. Ecology is the science that studies:

• the interaction of living things with each other and their surroundings

• the anatomy of living things

• the environment in which humans live

• matter and the changes that it undergoes

• a and b are correct

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How do producers make their own food?

• by using energy from the sun, carbon dixoide, and water to make sugar

• by ordering take-out to be delivered

• by using energy from the moon, oxygen, and water to make sugar

• by eating small bugs

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_____________ are consumers.

• all plants

• all animals

• only people

• the sun

Why are decomposers important?

• They look pretty.

• They add nutrients to the air we breathe.

• They slow down the decay process.

• They speed up the decay process that releases nutrients back into the food chain used by plants.

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What do herbivores eat?

• Only plants
• plants and animals
• only other animals
• dead organisms

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Carnivores that eat freshly dead organisms are

• herbivores
• decomposers
• omnivores
• scavengers

What do omnivores eat?

• only plants
• plants and animals
• only other animals
• dead organisms

Identify the ecosystem

• Forest

• Tundra

• Freshwater

• Desert