Ecosystem Dynamics

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of interacting organisms and their environment.

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What is a population in ecology?

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Organisms that reside together in an area.

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What happens to orangutan and tiger populations when palm oil numbers increase?

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Orangutan and tiger populations decrease.

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What is the independent variable in an experiment?

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The factor that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test its effects on the dependent variable.

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Why do oil palm trees need to be grown near the equator?

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Areas near the equator have ideal growing conditions.

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What is a habitat?

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The natural home or environment of an organism.

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Define biodiversity.

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

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What is a food chain?

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A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

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What role do producers play in an ecosystem?

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Producers, like plants, create their own food through photosynthesis and provide energy for other organisms.

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.