4th Grade Science Module 2 - Living Things and Their Environment

An _________ is all the interacting parts of an environment.

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An ecosystem is all the interacting parts of an environment . It can be large, such as a redwood forest, or small, such as a pond

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Match the following

• nonliving things that shape an ecosystem

• abiotic factors

• all interacting parts of an environment

• biotic factors

• living things that shape an ecosystem

• ecosystem

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Reorder the following steps in a pond ecosystem

• Frogs feast on the insects they find around the pond.

• Many plants find space to live along the water’s edge. They get water and nutrients from the soil.

• Turtles come to the water’s surface to get air and warmth from the Sun.

• Birds use pond plants to make their nests.

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Look at the clues in the picture. Where are you? What is the type of ecosystem you are in? (turn your camera on and answer)

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Suppose you are in an ecosystem with dense forests and a hot, damp climate. Where are you?

• in a rain forest ecosystem

• in a desert ecosystem

• in a pond ecosystem

• in a coral reef ecosystem

Suppose you are in warm, shallow water, and it is tropical. The water usually stays between 70 and 85 degrees all year. This temperature allows many fish and eels to live here. Where are you?

• in a rain forest ecosystem

• in a desert ecosystem

• in a pond ecosystem

• in a coral reef ecosystem

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How do animals depend on plants?

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How does the grass help the snake hide from predators?

Match the following

• when flowering plants reproduce

• pollination

• holds the female cells

• stamen

• holds the male cells

• pistil

When a bee lands on a flower, what happens with the flower's pollen?

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