Vocab
A living thing that gets energy by eating other organisms for food
Consumer
A lantern fly is a _____________ to the ecosystem
disruption
is a desert an ecosystem or not an ecosystem
Ecosystem
what is the difference between a food web and a food chain
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Plants get their energy from the.....
an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal matter and returns nutrients to the soil
Decomposer
An animal that eats plants to meet its energy
needs
Herbivore
Name three things to protect the ecosystem
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What is the main source of energy for plants
sun
what is the name of the green pigment that plants use to make food during photosynthesis
chlorophyll
All the living and nonliving things that interact in a given area
Ecosystem
A rabbit and a wolve are known as
A. Producer
B. Consumer
B. Consumer
True or False.... Ecosystems can be any size.
True. They can span from the very small, such as a small pond, to the very large, such as miles and miles of deep ocean.
A(n) ____________helps break down organic matter to return it to the earth for new organisms to grow.
decomposer
When a plant uses energy from the sun to make glucose , this is known as.....
photosynthesis
An animal that eats both plants and other animals to meet their energy needs
Omnivore
A vulture is an example of a(n)
Scavenger
Overfishing is caused by ____________ disruption
human
If you want to study the linear relationship between organisms that depend on each other for food, you would look at a food ______- .
chain
Photosynthesis uses _____ and______ to make glucose.
carbon dioxide and water
a form of sugar made by plants through the process of photosynthesis
Glucose
Where does a wolf get its energy from?
other animals
True or False An ecosystem consists of all the living and nonliving things that interact in a given area
True
If you want to study the flow of energy between multiple organisms and how they depend on each other for food, you would look at a food ________
food web
The process that converts food into fuel or energy that an organism can use for growth is called
.
metabolism