Ecosystem Vocabulary

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Which animal are you most likely to see in a forest? Options: camel, dolphin, squirrel, penguin

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squirrel

Front

Adaptation for short plants to get more sunlight in rainforests where tall trees block sunlight.

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climb up high on other plants

Front

Which ecosystem will probably have the least amount of plant and animal life? Options: forest, desert, ocean, rain forest

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desert

Front

What is a habitat?

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provides a population with all of its needs

Front

If a fire burned a PART of a forest, which of these would probably happen? Options: all of the animals would die, all of the plants and seeds would be destroyed, a flood would bring new, rich soil, the animals would move to a new ecosystem

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the animals would move to a new ecosystem

Front

Which of these is an example of a population? Options: all lilypads in a pond, lilypads, waterlillies, that live in a pond, lilypads, dragonflies, waterlillies that live in a pond, lilypads, waterlillies, frogs and dragonflies that live in a pond

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all lilypads in a pond

Front

Why do very few plants grow in the desert?

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the soil is dry and it does not rain much there

Front

What is an ecosystem?

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the living and the nonliving things that interact in an environment

Front

How might a snowy ecosystem change if the temperature grew warmer?

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More plants could grow in the soil.

Front

A forest that has mostly conifer trees and stays green all year. Options: coastal forest, tropical rain forest, coniferous forest, deciduous forest

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coniferous forest