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What term is used to describe a nonnative animal that moves into a new place?
What happened to dodo birds and Tasmanian wolves?
Which term refers to protecting ecosystems and the organisms living in them?
What can cause long-term environmental change by blowing dust and gases into the sky?
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What type of succession involves a gradual buildup of organisms in an environment with bare rock?
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Which term describes the gradual buildup of organisms in an environment with soil?
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What is a diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem?
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Which term refers to a network of food chains that are connected?
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What is an animal that hunts other animals for food called?
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Which term encompasses all living and nonliving things in an environment?
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What do you call all the members of a single species in an ecosystem?
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What is the term used for the path that energy takes as it moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem?
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Using washable rags instead of paper towels helps conserve which natural resource?
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Which farming technique helps to renew the soil’s supply of nutrients?
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What type of energy conservation is Dorothy following by using energy-efficient LED light bulbs?
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Which natural resource is conserved by recycling newspapers?
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What natural resource can you conclude is used in a factory that makes recycled paper?
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What is used to make recycled plastic?
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What farming technique is specifically mentioned in the text to prevent soil erosion caused by heavy rain?
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Based on the text, what is a way to conserve natural resources mentioned?
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What prediction can be made about oil production after 2070 based on the text?
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In which year was the most oil produced according to the text?
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What is the best use of old magazines in terms of conserving resources?
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Which energy source is considered renewable based on the text?
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Why should Tasha set the thermostat to a higher temperature?
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What are two reasons mentioned for the importance of recycling goods made from plastic?
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Why is conserving water important?
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Which materials can be used to make recycled paper?
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How does making paper from recycled materials conserve resources?
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What is the primary reason mentioned for setting the thermostat to a higher temperature?
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Study Notes
Conservation and Environment
- Invasive species are non-native animals that move into a new place.
- Drought occurs when no rain falls for a long period of time.
- Pollution refers to litter on the ground or harmful chemicals in the water.
- Extinction is what happened to dodo birds and Tasmanian wolves.
- A beaver can be helpful or harmful, depending on one's point of view.
Ecosystems
- Conservation protects ecosystems and the organisms living in them.
- Secondary succession is a gradual buildup of organisms in an environment with soil.
- Volcanoes can cause long-term environmental change by blowing dust and gases into the sky.
- Algae are organisms that cause red tide when present in large numbers.
- Primary succession is a gradual buildup of organisms in an environment with bare rock.
Ecosystem Components
- Biotic factors are the living things in an environment.
- Removing a species from a food web can throw an ecosystem out of balance.
- A community includes all living things in an ecosystem.
- An energy pyramid is a diagram showing the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem.
- A food web is a network of food chains that are connected.
- A predator is an animal that hunts other animals for food.
- Prey is an animal that is hunted by predators.
- An ecosystem includes all living and non-living things in an environment.
- A population includes all the members of a single species in an ecosystem.
Resource Use and Conservation
- Renewable resources are resources that nature can replace after they are used.
- Lumber comes from a renewable resource.
- Solar power is a renewable energy resource.
- Using energy-efficient LED light bulbs helps conserve fossil fuel.
- Contour plowing is a farming technique that helps renew the soil's supply of nutrients.
- Recycling helps conserve natural resources.
Recycling and Conservation
- Recycling newspapers conserves trees.
- Recycling helps reduce waste and pollution.
- Contour plowing helps keep heavy rain from washing away the soil.
- Recycling plastic helps conserve petroleum, a non-renewable resource.
- It is important to conserve water because adequate supplies of usable water are not always located where they are needed.
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Test your knowledge on conserving natural resources with this quiz. Learn about ways to conserve water, soil, energy, and trees. Explore techniques to renew soil's supply of nutrients and methods for energy conservation.
