Stemscopes: Ecosystems

What is an ecosystem?

• Living Things Only and Their Interactions

• Non-living Only Things and Their Interactions

• Living and Nonliving and Their Interactions

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What Would Happen If A New Organism Was Introduced To A Ecosystem With Nothing To Prey On It?

• The Animal Population Would Increase

• The Animal Would Eat Everything

• The Ecosystem Would Stay In Balance

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What Does Interdependence Mean?

• Able To Take Care By Itself

• When The Well-being Of 2 or More Things Are Linked Together

• Harsh or Cruel When Others Try To Support

• Freedom

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Which Are Important Non-Living Things?

• Air, Sunlight, Paper

• School, House, Water

• Cars, Phones, Computers

• Temperature, Soil, Sunlight

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What Is An Organism?

• A Person

• A Plant

• Any Living Thing

• Animal

True or False? An Organism Doesn't Always Need To Meet Its Needs

• True

• False

What Can A Decomposer Be?

• A Vulture

• Mushroom

• A Human Being

• A Dung Beetle

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True or False? Organisms Need To Interact With Living and Nonliving Things To Survive.

• True

• False

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