Vocabulary
Food Webs/Chains
Photosynthesis
Decomposers
Ecosystems
100
What is an organism that is able to make its own food?
Producer
100
What is the difference between predator and prey?
Predators hunt and eat other organisms. Prey are the organisms that are hunted.
100
What is the main reason a plant goes through photosynthesis?
To make its own food
100
What do decomposers break down?
Dead organisms and matter
100
What is the primary source of energy in almost all ecosystems?
The sun
200
What is an organism that relies on other organisms to get its food?
Consumer
200
Which organism is the secondary consumer?
Which organism is a producer?
200
What does a plant need in order to go through photosynthesis AND what does it produce through photosynthesis?
Needs: Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide, Water
Produces: Oxygen & Glucose
200
What kind of climate do matter and organisms decompose faster? Warm/Humid or Cold/Dry?
Warm/Humid
200
True or False: Ecosystems can contain multiple food chains
True
300
What is a community of different organisms that depend on interacting with each other and their physical environment for survival?
Ecosystem
300
When showing the flow of energy, which way should the arrows point? *you can draw it or explain in words*
Counter-clockwise, or to the left
300
What part of the plant does photosynthesis occur in?
Chloroplasts
300
True or False: Decomposition is necessary, because plants need to eat the soil in order to make food.
False
300
In this image, name all of the producers you see.
Just one - grass
400
What is the path that energy travels as one organism eats another?
Food Chain
400
What is the name for an organism that only consumes producers?
Herbivores or primary consumers
400
What part of the plant takes in carbon dioxide?
Stomata
400
Name 2 examples of decomposers
Answers vary: mushrooms, earthworms, phytoplankton, etc
400
Give one example of something that is inorganic (non-living) and found in most ecosystems.
Answers will vary: water, rocks, dirt
500
What is the name of the organisms that break down dead organisms and matter into nutrients?
Decomposers
500
Draw a food chain on your whiteboard using at least 3 different organisms.
Answers will vary
500
Explain how plants and animals/humans benefit from photosynthesis? And - how do they help photosynthesis?
Humans and animals benefit from photosynthesis because they breathe in oxygen which the plant creates. Humans and animals help photosynthesis, because they release carbon dioxide, which plants need for photosynthesis.
500
What would happen if there were no decomposers?
Dead plants/animals would build up and not be broken down and/or plants would not grow as strong without the nutrients.
500
Why are producers like algae and other plants so important to a pond's ecosystem?
They balance the ecosystem by releasing oxygen for fish and decomposers to take in