Science-Ecology for 3rd Graders

An herbivore is an animal that eats only ______.

• insects

• meat

• plants

• plants and meat

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A carnivore is an animal that eats only ________.

• insects

• fruits

• meat

• vegetables

An organism is any __________.

• animal that eat fruits and meat

• individual living thing

• nonliving thing

• none of the above

Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing is called its _________.

• community

• ecosystem

• home

• niche

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What does "biotic" mean?

• environment

• living

• nonliving thing

• solid

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What happens when living things decompose?

• They have babies.

• They grow healthy and strong.

• They store up fat for the winter.

• Their parts break down into the soil.

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When a living thing dies it DECOMPOSES and rots away. What does DECOMPOSE mean?

• to survive

• to break down

• to grow bigger

• to study closely

The number of a group of the same kind of living things that live in the same place is called a __________.

• community

• habitat

• home

• population

Each ecosystem has places for plants and animals to live. Animals homes are called _________.

• environments

• habitats

• houses

• quarters

Sea lions on the same crowded rock are competing for ___________.

• energy

• food

• space

• water

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