Intro to Environmental Science

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What is the relationship between a predator and its prey?

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A predator is an organism that hunts and eats another organism, known as its prey. An example is a mountain lion hunting a deer.

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What do we call groups of different populations living together in the same place at the same time?

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A community.

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What is a biome?

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A biome is a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and types of organisms.

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What are organisms?

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Organisms are individual living entities, such as a duck, a dragonfly, a morel mushroom, and a bobcat.

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Where do producers get their energy from?

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Producers get their energy from the sun.

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What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

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Producers, such as plants, convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis, forming the base of the food chain.

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What is the difference between a population and a community?

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A population is a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area, while a community includes all the different populations living together in that area.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment.

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What are the main components of an ecosystem?

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The main components of an ecosystem include biotic factors (living organisms) and abiotic factors (non-living elements like water, soil, and climate).

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What is biodiversity?

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Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem, including the number of different species.

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