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Ecosystem Detective Worksheet

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🔍 Part 1: Ecosystem Detective

1. What is an ecosystem?

A place where only animals live

A place where living and non-living things work together

A place with only plants

2. Circle the LIVING things in an ecosystem:

Trees

Birds

Rocks

Flowers

Water

Insects

3. Which of these is NOT LIVING?

A rabbit

Soil

A butterfly

4. Living things need each other to survive. True or False?

True

False

🌳 Part 2: Ecosystem Thinking

5. Name one animal that might live in a forest ecosystem:

Answer: _________________________

6. What might happen if all the trees disappeared from a forest?
7. Fill in the blanks:

Plants need ________ and ________ to grow.

Animals need ________ and ________ to survive.

8. Why is it important to protect ecosystems?

🎨 Part 3: Design Your Ecosystem

9. Draw a simple ecosystem in the box below. Include at least 2 living things and 2 non-living things. Label each one!
10. Write one sentence about how the living things in your ecosystem help each other:

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