spotted owl or banana slugs
renewable resource - solar energy, wind energy, water, or oxygen
recent = top oldest=bottom
insects, alligators, or frogs
coyotes or lizards
trace fossils
conservation
population
All the living and nonliving things that interact in an environment.
grasshoppers, prairie chickens, or bison
The landform was once covered in water.
wetlands
rainforest
natural resources
remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago
a fossil in amber
grassland
desert
coal and oil
Oil - It is used faster than it can be replaced.
arctic fox or caribou
tundra
tracks in the mud (footprints), a nest, or an eggshell
paleontologist
nonrenewable resource - oil, coal, natural gas, iron, or steel
What does it mean to use what you need as efficiently as possible?
What ecosystem is covered with grasses and receives a medium amount of rain?
What are trees, water, soil, minerals, and sunlight known as?
What is an example of an animal that lives in the desert?
What ecosystem has the ground covered with water for at least part of the year, and is made up of swamps and marshes?
What is petroleum, and why is it considered a nonrenewable resource?
What is an example of an animal that lives in the grassland?
What are all the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem called?
What is an example of an animal that lives in the rainforest?
What is a resource that can't be replaced when it runs out? Give three examples.
Name an example of trace fossils.
What is an example of an animal that lives in the wetlands?
What is a resource that can be replaced and won't run out? Give three examples.
What is the driest ecosystem with a limited water supply? It has hot, dry weather and sandy soil.
What is a fossil?
What is an ecosystem?
When scientists dig and find fossils, the most recent fossils are found on the _________ layer of Earth, while the oldest fossils are on the ___________ layers of Earth.
What preserves all the hard and soft parts of an animal?
When scientists find fossils of sea creatures on top of a landform, what does that tell you about the landform?
What ecosystem has some that are tropical and some that have a mild, rainy climate?
What is an example of an animal that lives in the tundra?
What gives clues about a living thing's activities such as where it lived and what it ate?
What ecosystem is a cold region where the ground beneath the surface is frozen all year? Some grasses grow, but trees cannot grow.
Name two fossil fuels.
What kind of scientist studies fossils?
