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Person standing in an open-air tent with boxes stacked on tables, some filled with produce. Caption: We wash and dry the seed,

Closeup of rows of seedlings planted in a field. Caption: (Lappé) What was the seed that created your food?

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Closeup of light reflecting on water and a tangle of branches at bottom right of frame. Caption. Have just crossed the dominant geographical feature.

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Domed, dripping rock structures line the wall of a cave. Caption: but only one that is a marble cave.

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Close-up of a section of sandstone rock from the Red River Gorge. The tan-colored rock is built up by thin layers of sediment, creating a rough, striated texture.

Five or six trucks gather around a herd of buffalo in a wide, dry field, appearing to corral the animals near a fence.

Bird's eye view of dense forests full of leafy tree canopies that border either side of a paved and curved two-lane road on which one car is traveling.

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Industrial plant with smokestacks emitting pollution, a train in front. Caption: release millions of tons of pollutants

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Forested hillside with a sign "Welcome to Pinnacles National Monument National Park Service Department of the Interior" Caption: is a place of great surprises.

Stalk of grain bent from the weight of the grain, yellow flowers in background. Spanish captions.

Girl wearing glasses dances with her arms out in a field of trees. Text reads, "Plant Parts."

Ripe blueberries on the bush. Spanish captions.

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Seed catalog with seed packets of Zinna, Aster, Morning Glory, Cornflower, and Daisy. Caption: We order seeds from catalogs--

Underwater view of seaweed. Spanish captions.

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Penguins on ice. Caption: at more than three feet tall and as much as 80 pounds.

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Horseshoe crab partially out of the water among debris and plants. Caption: On the highest tides, they drag themselves to shore

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Giraffe eating foliage from a treetop. Caption: Every habitat is different.

Hands planting a seedling in the dirt. Caption: Plants grow just about everywhere.

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Tall, thin trees choked with brush. Caption: Fire is a landscape process.

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Ducks floating in the water. Caption: aquatic birds, such as ducks and geese, are common.

Black-and-white computer drawings split into 3 layers. The top layer depicts fish and reads, "Fish." The middle layer depicts a variety of insects and reads, "Insects." The bottom layer depicts plants and reads, "Algae."

Small light and dark brown butterfly with wings closed sitting on a leaf. Caption: (Sally) Some of these butterflies are challenging--

Fingers of land with inlets of water. A large flat bridge in the background. Caption: Ochlockonee Bay. (Sash) It feeds that huge marine estuary down there,

A tortoise being held in a pair of human hands. Caption: Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Look at their front feet. They're just like shovels.

Microscopic image showing web-like structures and C shaped tubular organisms. Caption: (narrator) The soil itself is home to a vast number of tiny microbes,

Person holding a small crab. Caption: could wreak so much havoc in the marshes of Cape Cod?

Dam with no water being released. Caption: (male narrator) Time can take a toll on a dam.

Two small seedlings with their roots in the soil. Caption: optimally suited to survive and thrive.

Microscopic view of tubular structures. Caption: (Saros) They can be early indicators of environmental change.

Person pointing at the ground. Caption: study the ants as an invasive species

People on the deck of a ship, working on various equipment. Caption: probing the oil and gas plumes beneath them.

Earthworm in a person's hand. Caption: are actually invasive species.

Floating metal measurement instrument in deep blue water. Caption: thrown overboard to analyze water samples

Volcano billowing smoke and ash. Caption: (male narrator) Mount St. Helen's eruption in 1980 wasn't a surprise.

People walking on a trail among burned trees. Caption: to study the fire's impact on the ecosystem.

Close up of dark, viscous fluid with small bubbles on the surface. Caption: and we can get those volatiles out of the water.

A large tree with bright green leaves as seen from below. Caption: The forests are working overtime.

A cultivated vegetable garden with inmates and razor-wire-topped chain-link fencing in the background. Caption: science and scientists behind bars as well.

Man releasing water into the air from a pump. Caption: equivalent to a major storm,

People gathered around two troughs filled with water. One person is reaching into the water and two others are handling a small object. Caption: studies mussels' role in their environment.

A rapidly moving river with trees on the bank. Caption: (male narrator) Water, a precious resource for sure.

Color gradients showing the amount of water vapors over a map of the earth. Caption: showing the total amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.

Black salamander with yellow spots crawling on the ground. Caption: to survive in a specific habitat is a structural adaptation.

A bird standing on a rock between two cacti. Spanish captions.

Field of grain like plants. Caption: such as ethanol and propanol.

A container of BioFuel. Spanish captions.

Large turtle swimming on the ocean floor. Caption: Every living thing gets energy from food.

A hummingbird hovering near a feeder. Spanish captions.

Closeup of a cluster of mushrooms. Fungi decomposer. Caption: Fungi are another type of decomposer.

Closeup of a cluster of mushrooms. Fungi decomposer. Spanish captions.

People walking down a snowy street. Caption: The planet earth has many different kinds of environments.

A desert hill. Spanish captions.

Herd of cows grazing in a green pasture. Caption: All living things need energy to grow, change and move.

Illustration of a plant with a cross section showing the root system. A sun is in the sky above. Spanish captions.

Forested mountain side. Caption: Forests grow all over the world and are very important

Green clearing in a forest. Spanish captions.

Giraffes in natural habitat. Caption: Imprinted behaviors are fairly permanent,

Adult goose with ducklings feeding from the grass. Spanish captions.

Adult dog with a puppy. Caption: Innate means you we're born with them.

Peacock with tail feathers fanned out. Spanish captions.

Formations of red rock in desert scrub brush. Caption: Rocks are non-living things.

Red rock topped with green scrub and a rainbow in the sky. Spanish captions.

Field of sunflowers. Glucose. Caption: The food they produce is called glucose.

Field of wildflowers. Spanish captions.

Earthworm on top of soil. Caption: Plants and animals provide nutrients to the soil.

Man riding a tractor in a field. Spanish captions.

Aerial view of small islands covered in greenery with the water between them dotted in plants. Caption: The Everglades is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness

Aerial view of small islands covered in greenery with the water between them dotted in plants. Spanish captions.

Illustration of a tropical rainforest. Caption: Scientists divide the tropical rainforest into five layers

Illustration of a tropical rainforest. Spanish captions.

Person looking into a microscope. Caption: (Zacharias) What do you do at the lab?

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A group of fish swimming together. Caption: of a submerged mountain forming enormous schools.

Fossilized dinosaur skeleton still partially encased in rock displayed next to a model of the same dinosaur. Caption: Out of those, only a few are really prepared well.

Congo expedition of the American Museum of Natural History May 1909 to November 1915. Black and white photos of explorers with crocodile skulls and a map in the background. Caption: Those explorers had collected crocodile specimens

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Closeup of a slug with arrows labeling its optical and sensory tentacles at the front, its mantle in the middle, and its keel towards the back.

Oil drilling platforms in the ocean with many ships in the water around them. Caption: but they can make money because of our energy policy.

Large fish with a spotted upper body and white underbelly swimming open-mouthed into a school of smaller fish. Caption: Each community is populated by different species.

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Venn diagram with a red circle on the left labeled, "Causes harm" and a blue circle on the right labeled, "Not from here." An arrow labeled "Invasive Species" points to a purple area where circles overlap.

Long shot of a marsh with the sun peeking through clouds in the distance. Title card reads, "Marsh."

Extreme closeup of a hand holding up a black water bug.

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An orange starfish and orange anemone. Caption: the battle and the anemone rises to defend itself.

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Coral of various shapes and a range of colors. Caption: and these are the corals we call "super corals."

Person swimming over a coral reef in shallow water. Caption: of biology that exists on the coral reef.

Person kneeling on the ground next to a pile of dark material. Caption: which sells fashion items made from recycled garbage.

A bright yellow fish with white stripes. Caption: to probe for worms, crabs and other hidden prey.

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Large tree in a densely wooded forest. Caption: They grow to be 300 feet tall and 23 feet around.

Translucent white termites in the dirt. Caption: Termites are social insects,

Black and white photo of a building engulfed in flames. Caption: What happened here on the seventh of February, 1967,

Treetops in the foreground and rolling mountains in the distance. Caption: The atmosphere consists of a mixture of gases.

Crab with red legs and a darker body. Caption: Most of the year, the red crabs live in their burrows inland.

We look down at the edge of a tan tent that is secured in the sand.

Woman smiles up at us from beneath a bucket hat as she sits with her legs wrapped together in white fabric.

Two cartoon characters. Biomagnification.

Two cartoon characters with a DNA strand. Ecological Relationships.

Two cartoon characters. Ecological succession.

Food Webs, Energy Pyramids, and Intro to Biodiversity.

Waterfall. Caption: The freshwater biome includes bodies of water that are moving,

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A pencil sketch of a fish with wing like fins, and a tail. On screen text, Jenny Hanivers. Caption: and became known as Jenny Hannivers,

Owl with a small rodent in its beak. Raptor - A bird of prey such as an eagle, hawk, or owl that kills and eats other animals for food. Caption: Nocturnal raptors like owls eat many rodents

Litchens are found on a rusty car door. Caption: What caught their attention was the abundance of lichens,

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A photograph of Cetti's Warbler and its egg which measures 1 centimeter. On screen text, Cetti's Warbler, Cettia cetti. Caption: This is a Cetti's warbler from Southern Europe.

The Kankakee Mallow flowers have bloomed at the apex of the plant. Caption: From extinction to several feet tall.

Person using a wooden mallet to break open a stone. Caption: About half have something in them.