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Which biome supports the least amount of life?

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Which biome supports the least amount of life?

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The tundra.

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Example and Description of a Carnivore

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Owls; animal that eats other animals.

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What are two things that decrease a population?

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Old age, competition. Predator, natural disasters, migration

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Example and Description of a Herbivore

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Rabbit, deer; animals that eat plants.

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What are the consumers, producers, and decomposers in a Meadow food web?

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Consumers - rabbit, red fox, thrush, and snail. Producer - grass. Decomposer - snail.

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What are two things that increase a population?

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Good weather, no predators. Medicine, geographic isolation.

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What are the six biomes of the world?

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Tundra, taiga, grassland, desert, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rainforest.

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Example and Description of Decomposers

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Mushrooms; feed on decaying matter FBI

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Most of the earth is covered by what land biome?

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The taiga (Water covers 3/4 of the earth and is the largest biome).

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The most diverse biomass is found in what biome?

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The tropical rainforest.

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Example and Description of a Consumer

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Animal; must eat/absorb - can't make own food.

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What are the three marine ecosystems.

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Shorelines, temperate, and tropical oceans.

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List two facts about Human Soil Erosion.

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Human activity causes 10 X more soil erosion than all natural processes combined. Agricultural U.S. erosion rate is appr. 1,500 ft. per million years.

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What are the three freshwater ecosystems.

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Rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, wetlands.

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What is a population?

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A group of organisms of the same species in an area.

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Example and Description of Teritary Consumer.

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Hawk, eagle; top carnivore that eats other carnivores/omnivores.

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Example and Description of a Producer

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Plant; use light energy to produce food, CO2, H2O.

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Example and Description of Secondary Consumer

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Birds, people, snakes; carnivores or omnivores that eat herbivores (primary consumers).

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