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Populations

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1995

Populations
23 min3rd4th5th6thScience
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Summary

Bill counts and compares groups of living things to show how populations grow, shrink, and depend on available resources.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Bill counts and compares groups of living things to show how populations grow, shrink, and depend on available resources..

  1. What is a population?
  2. What happens to a population when food runs short?
  3. Why might animals live in groups?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: population, resource, group.

Try it: Predict what happens to a rabbit population if their food doubles, and explain why.

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