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ECOSYSTEMS
- Living + nonliving together
- Plants, animals, soil, water
- All parts are connected
- Change one → change all
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FOOD CHAINS
- Energy flows from the sun
- Sun → Plant → Herbivore → Carnivore
- Arrows show energy direction
- Remove one link → chain breaks
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POLLINATORS
- Move pollen between flowers
- 🐝 Bees 🦋 Butterflies 🐦 Hummingbirds
- Without them: no fruit or seeds
- 1 in 3 bites of food needs pollinators
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HABITATS
- Where an animal lives
- Must have: food, water, shelter, space
- 🐟 Fish in water 🦅 Eagles in mountains
- Destroy habitat → lose the animal
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No Sun
No plants, no food chain
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No Pollinators
No fruit or seeds
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No Decomposers
Dead things pile up
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No Clean Water
Ecosystem collapses
🐛 One earthworm can eat half its body weight in soil daily
🌻 A single oak tree supports 500+ species
🦋 Monarch butterflies migrate 3,000 miles
🐝 Bees can recognize human faces