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An organism is a ___________ thing.

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An organism is a living thing.

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Any behavior that causes something to affect something else is called an ____________.

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Organisms interact with the living and nonliving things in their ____________ to survive.

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These living things ___________ with the nonliving things around them, such as sunlight, temperature, and water.

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For example, a tree ________ on sunlight for energy to make its own food and a snail __________ on the tree for food.

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The environment must meet the ________ _________ of the organism.

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The bee ________ on the plant's flower for food.

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Sunlight also provides heat that makes life on Earth __________.

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This plant uses ______________ components, such as sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, to produce food (sugar) and oxygen.

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A healthy ecosystem is one that has enough _________ to support the variety of organisms that live there.

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