Chapter 3: Where Plants and Animals Live

A living thing's _________ is everything that surrounds it.

• Water

• Environment

• Trees

• Earth

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An environment has living parts and non living parts.

• True

• False

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The living parts include plants, animals, and other living things. The nonliving parts include

• Sun's rays

• air

• water

• soil

• animals

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The sun's rays are necessary for life. They warm the air, water, and soil to the temperature that living things need. Sunlight helps plants make food.

• True

• False

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Climate shapes each environment. Climate is the weather in a place all year.

• True

• False

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Water and soil are not important parts of each environment.

• True

• False

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Water falls as rain and snow, and enters the soil. Soils differ in the way they hold this water. Each type of plant needs a certain amount of water and a certain kind of soil.

• True

• False

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Name four nonliving things that are part of plant's or animal's environment.

• Fire

• Sun's rays

• Air

• Water

• Soil

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In an environment, living and nonliving parts act on each other or interact. These interacting parts make up an ____________.

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The living parts of an ecosystem depend on ________ _______.

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