Terrestrial/Aquatic Ecosystems

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What does 'terrestrial' mean?

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Land

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Which type of terrestrial ecosystem receives less than 10 inches of water a year?

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Desert

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living and nonliving things

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The arrows in a food chain show...

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the flow of energy

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Which terrestrial ecosystem does this picture show?

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Rainforest

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What is an aquatic ecosystem?

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A water-based environment where living and nonliving things interact.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that makes its own food, like plants.

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead material and returns nutrients to the soil.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.