Ecosystems and Food Chains

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What parts are included in an ecosystem?

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Everything - Plants, Animals, Decomposers, Water, Soil and Rocks.

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Word that means everything - including plants, animals, rocks, soil and water - that lives in a particular environment.

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ecosystem

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eco-

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environment

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A wolf is an example of a/an ___________ because it is at the top of its ecosystem's food chain and has no predators other than humans.

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apex predator

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A mouse eats a bug. A snake eats the mouse. A hawk eats the snake. This is an example of a _________.

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food chain

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The African Oxpecker is a type of bird. It eats parasites off the backs of zebras. The Oxpecker gets food and the zebra avoids getting diseases from the ticks. This is an example of __________.

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symbiosis

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The root word bio- means ___________.

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life

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The root word -vore means

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eater

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A koala is an example of an ___________ because it only eats plants. Options: carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, plantivore

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herbivore

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LeBron James is an example of an _________ because he eats plants and animals.

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omnivore