Ecology
Organisms that make their own food.
Producers.
This is what Earth spins on.
Its axis.
Causes clear and sunny weather
High air pressure
Traits you get from your mother and father
Inherited
Where do producers get energy?
The Sun
An organism that eats only meat.
Carnivore
A student pushes a box, but it doesn’t move. This means the forces are…
Balanced
Cell->Tissue->Organ ->Organ System-> Organism
Non-living things
Abiotic Factors
Organisms that break down dead organic material.
Decomposers.
Jonathan pulls his chair out to sit down. Is that an example of a balanced or unbalanced force?
Unbalanced
Causes cloudy and rainy weather
Low air pressure
Organ System that breaks down nutrients into energy for our bodies and removes waste.
Digestive System
Which best describes grasses, shrubs, and trees?
a. producers b. consumers
c. decomposers d. scavengers
a. Producers
This is what an herbivore eats.
Producers or plants.
Push or pull on an object
Force.
Brings light rain, nimbostratus clouds, and leaves warmer temperatures behind.
Warm Front
The system that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the body through the blood cells.
Circulatory/Cardiovascular system
Consider this food chain: blackberries=> bird=> cat Which organism is the carnivore?
Cat
What is the source of all energy in an ecosystem
a. producers b. consumers
c. decomposers d. sun
d. Sun
How do you calculate the speed
Speed = Distance (divided by) time
Process of the water cycle that cools gas into liquid droplets
Condensation
What system sends and receives messages to and from the body?
Nervous system
A predator is an organism in any ecosystem that consumes ___________.
Prey.
A network of food chains that have some links in common.
Food Web
Stationary
What system changes mass when parts are added or removed.
Open System
The system that takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide (waste) from our bodies
Respiratory system
What is the main organ of the respiratory system?
Lungs
A certain type of bear mainly eats trout. If the trout population declines, what will most likely happen to the bear population?
It will decrease
Smooth objects have ______ friction
Less
What system has mass conserved (same). No parts are added or moved
Closed system
Skeletal System
Trait that you get over time or learn
Acquired
Which type of organism is a fungus? A) carnivore B) omnivore C) herbivore D) decomposer
D) Decomposer
This is slowing down of motion.
Friction.
Contract in size but the mass is conserved.
System that moves the body
Muscular
When an object is left outside on a hot day, it will _____
Expand
Organisms that eat other organisms.
Consumers.
What is responsible for things falling to the center of the earth?
Gravity
What change produces a new substance
Chemical change
Trait that you are already born knowing
Instinct
Why are decomposers important organisms in a food web? A) They produce oxygen. B) They prey on carnivores. C) They are food for producers D) They return nutrients to the soil
D) They return nutrients to the soil