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Understanding Ecosystems, Energy Flow, and Inherited Traits in Organisms

This educational overview explores essential concepts of ecosystems, including habitats, niches, and energy sources. It defines producers and decomposers, detailing their roles in food production through photosynthesis and energy recycling. The importance of electric circuits, gravity, and the water cycle in ecological dynamics is highlighted. Additionally, it addresses inherited traits, heredity, instincts, and learned behaviors in organisms, illustrated by examples such as Koko the gorilla and plant responses to light. Understanding these elements is crucial for comprehending life sciences.

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Understanding Ecosystems, Energy Flow, and Inherited Traits in Organisms

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  1. Ecosystems Force, Motion, & Energy Inherited Traits Responses and Behaviors 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt

  2. The particular place where an organism lives

  3. What is a habitat?

  4. The role of an organism in its habitat

  5. What is a niche?

  6. Organisms in a living system that receive energy directly from the Sun

  7. What are producers?

  8. Organisms that feed on the wastes of plants and animals or on their remains after they die

  9. What are decomposers?

  10. The process that plants use to produce their own food

  11. What is photosynthesis?

  12. A path that electric current flows through

  13. What is a circuit?

  14. The role of a battery in an electric circuit

  15. What is to provide power, energy?

  16. The role of the handlebars on a bicycle

  17. What is to provide steering?

  18. Keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun

  19. What is the force of gravity?

  20. The role of sunlight in the water cycle

  21. What is to provide heat to evaporate the water?

  22. Any characteristic that can be used to identify or describe an organism

  23. What is a trait?

  24. The passing of traits from parents to offspring

  25. What is heredity?

  26. Eye color, hair color, and height

  27. What are inherited traits?

  28. An inherited trait that allows a lion to blend into its environment

  29. What is fur color?

  30. An inherited behavioral trait, such as hibernating in winter

  31. What is an instinct?

  32. When an organism changes its behavior because of practice or experience it has gained

  33. What is a learned behavior?

  34. A child pouts to try to get what she wants

  35. What is a learned behavior?

  36. A plant’s stem bends toward the light from a window

  37. What is a response to the environment?

  38. Koko is a gorilla that uses sign language to communicate with people

  39. What is a learned behavior?

  40. Vines grow up along a chimney

  41. What is a response to the environment?

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