5th Grade - Demo
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The environment is made up of living things and ............... things.
Non-living
Plants produce their own food through the process of ............... .
Photosynthesis
In photosynthesis, plants use ............... from the air to make food.
Carbon dioxide
Photosynthesis occurs in the presence of ............... and chlorophyll.
Sunlight
Animals that eat only plants are called ............... .
Herbivores
Animals that feed on the flesh of dead animals are called ............... .
Scavengers
............... eat both plants and animals.
Omnivores
Organisms that break down decaying matter into simpler substances are called ............... .
Decomposers
The chain of eating and being eaten in an environment is called a ............... .
Food chain
Many food chains interconnect to form a ............... .
Food web
During photosynthesis, plants release ............... into the air.
Oxygen
Animals breathe out ............... , which is used by plants for photosynthesis.
Carbon dioxide
Plants depend on animals like bees for ............... .
Pollination
Animals help plants by aiding in the ............... of seeds.
Dispersal
The stable balance in the numbers of each species in an environment is called the ............... of nature.
Balance
............... are widely used in vermicomposting to convert wet garbage into manure.
Earthworms
A natural disaster like a ............... can disturb the balance of nature.
forest fires, floods or diseases
............... is a human-made factor that destroys habitats and upsets the balance of nature.
Deforestation, land development and pollution lead to the destruction of habitats
An organism that makes its own food, such as a plant, is called a ............... .
Producer
Animals that eat other animals, such as tigers, are called ............... .
Carnivores
A ............... is an example of a herbivore that eats only plants.
Deer, Cow, Goat, etc
A ............... is an example of a carnivore that hunts other animals.
Lion, Tiger, Leopard, etc
A ............... is an example of a scavenger that feeds on dead animals.
Vulture, Hyena
A ............... is an example of an omnivore that eats both plants and animals.
Bear, Pig, Squirrel
A ............... is an example of a decomposer that breaks down decaying matter.
Bacteria, Fungi, Worms, Insects
In a food chain, a ............... eats the leaves of a plant, which is then eaten by a carnivore.
Herbivore
Animals like ............... depend on plants for shelter.
Birds, Squirrels, Monkeys
............... are animals that help plants produce fruits through pollination.
Bees
The balance of nature is maintained when there is a stable balance in the ............... of each species.
Numbers
If all grass dries up during a ..............., deer will have no food and may die.
Drought
If foxes are hunted in large numbers, it can lead to an ............... in dear and overgrazing.
increase
A sudden ............... of a species is a natural cause of imbalance in nature.
Death
............... is a human-made factor that harms plants and animals, upsetting the balance of nature.
Pollution
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