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The bottom of the food chain is primary producers. But that doesn’t mean their role isn’t important. Primary producers are the most important of all… the source of food for everyone. Learn more… (more…)

Biomass is the amount of living matter in an ecosystem. The amount of different kinds of plants and animals there are leads to a balance… or an imbalance. Learn more… (more…)

What’s the role of scavengers and decomposers in our ecosystems? Learn more… (more…)

What is biodiversity? It means the biological diversity on our planet… how many different types of plants and animals there are, and even how different the plants and animals within one species can be. What’s the role of biodiversity in a healthy planet? Learn more… (more…)

What do animals eat? One way that scientists classify animals is by their diet… meat? plants? a little bit of everything? or only one specialized thing, like the koala bear that eats only eucalyptus leaves? Learn more about carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores… (more…)

All around us, plants and animals have adapted to live in their environments. Learn about how adaptation works, and the amazing adaptations of plants and animals… (more…)

So… how do we keep track of all the millions of species of plants and animals and other living things on the planet? We use biological classification to classify every living thing! Read more about it… (more…)

Your mother has green eyes. Your father has brown eyes. What determines what color your eyes will be? Part of the answer is dominant and recessive traits. Learn more… (more…)

Bacteria are single-celled organisms, and they live all around us. They’re a whole different world, too small for us to see! But that doesn’t stop them from getting us sick… and also helping us out in a lot of ways. Learn more about bacteria… (more…)

Osmosis is how fluids move through membranes… like how water moves into and out of the cells in your body. Learn how it works! (more…)