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Scientific vocabulary: Biome--an area with a characteristic geographic and climatic pattern that supports characteristic animal and plant populations.
Biosphere--the portion of the planet that supports life and the living organisms within in. Community--a group of all the interdependent plant and animal species found in a habitat. Ecosystem--a group of living organisms that,along with their abiotic enviroment form a self-regulating system through which energy and materials are transferred. Food chain--a sequence of feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem. Food web-- a network of feeding relationships in an ecosystem. Habitat-- the area in which a species lives. Population-- all the members of a one species found i a particular area at a particular time.
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Description of the Wood Frog.
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The wood frog use to be a common frog but now it is endangered.It could be found by the water or far from water in the woods.It grows to about three inches long. it ranges from a pinkish brown to a tan to a dark brown.The Wood Frog is most easily reconized by its "robber mask".This black band streches past both eyes to the eardrums.Wood Frogs also have dorsolateral ridges, two raised lines running down their back.This frog has a white belly.
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Abiotic and Biotic
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In a pond all the biotic and abiotic things would die because the frog is connected to all the creatures on the pond. Some of the creatures that would die are-salamanders, birds, fish,insects,decomposers,turtles, submergeed plants and crayfish.These are the animals that would die if we do not do anything to help save the frogs from extinction.
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Definition and things in a pond.
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Biotic- A living thing. It can live anywhere as long as its living it is called biotic.
Abiotic is when something is not alive. If it is dead it is abiotic.
Things in a pond that are biotic are: birds, lilypads, humans, seaweed, fish, turtles, plants, plankton and frogs.
Things that are in a pond that are abiotic are: rocks, dirt, garbage, water, rotting log and dead leaves and dead plants.
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Food web of a pond
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The sun gives light to the plants which provide food for the herbivores. The turtle eats the plants and the crayfish kills the turtle.The crayfish also eats the fish and the frog and the birds and decomposers eat the fish.
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Populations in a pond.
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Fish--Acheae--Bacteria--plasmids--phages--leasts--fungi
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Consumers,Producers and decomposers
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The producers in the pond are plants.The decomposers in the pond are the Algea,Bacteria and fungi. The consumers in the pond are crayfish,turtles,fish,frogs,salamanders.
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Microorganisms in a pond
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Some microorganisms in a pond are Achea,bacteria,fungi,plasmids,leasts and phages.
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The needs of the living things in a pond.
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What animals need in a pond or anywhere is shelter so they don't freeze in winter or shrivel up in the spring because it is so hot.they need food and water to survive and oxogen to breath. They need energy to move to get away from predators and other things.
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Page Updated Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:13pm EDT
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