What keeps the deer mouse population balanced?
Owls, weasels, badgers, and other animals hunt them.
How are plants and animals of great value to human beings?
Medicines, food, beauty, fellow-members of the natural world, etc.
What is the difference between an endangered species and a threatened species?
Threatened-->endangered-->extinct
Give an example of a scenario with biotic limiting factor.
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What is a limiting factor?
A condition that controls the size or growth of a population.
How do organisms respond to changes in their habitats?
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Name some limiting factors. How do they affect ecosystems?
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How do some animals adapt to a changing environment? Give an example.
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What are some natural disasters that could change the environment? Name five.
Tornadoes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, droughts, tsunamis, typhoons/hurricanes, landslides, etc.
What are some ways in which humans affect the environment? Name three.
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