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Forests

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1994

Forests
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Summary

Bill walks through the forest as a connected community where plants, animals, and decomposers depend on one another.

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Discussion

Bill walks through the forest as a connected community where plants, animals, and decomposers depend on one another..

  1. What different living things share a forest?
  2. How do trees help the animals around them?
  3. What happens to leaves and logs that fall to the forest floor?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: forest, habitat, ecosystem.

Try it: List three forest organisms and draw an arrow showing how one depends on another.