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This chemical is used to kill harmful insects
Pesticide
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Describe the effects of overpopulation by zebra mussels and garlic mustard plants on a native species
Zebra mussels take food and space needed by native species. Garlic mustard plants take space, water, and sunlight needed by native species
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What is it called when the last animal of a species dies?
extinct
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Why are humans both the problem and the solution to the changes that landfills and acid rain make on an ecosystem
Humans create the garbage that is dumped into landfills and the air pollution that causes acid rain. Humans now line landfills to prevent harmful materials from leaking and add helpful materials to lakes to fight the effects of acid rain
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What is it called when an offspring receives genes from its parents?
inherit
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Is the color of a flamingos feathers an inherited trait or an acquired trait or an inherited trait
acquired trait
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What is called when an animal has a change of a body part to help it survive?
Structural Adaptation
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What was the name of the chemical that was being used that effected the population size of the bald eagle?
DDT
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What is a change in an organisms genes?
Mutation
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Use your books to show how the solution to one problem can lead to another problem.
landfills can solve the problem to what to do with garbage, but without liners they leak pollution.
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