Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis needs what 3 components to take place
Sunlight, carbon dioxide and water
What is a producer?
A living thing that makes its own food
The source of all energy in most ecosystems is the ___.
Sun
All food chains begin with a ____
producer
Give me 2 of the Basic Life Processes
Gets nutrients, Reacts to Change, Gets rid of waste, Grows, Reproduces, Uses Energy
What is glucose?
a form of sugar made my plants through the process of photosynthesis
What is a consumer?
A living thing that gets energy by eating other organisms for food
What is the process by which a plant releases water vapor?
Transpiration
What is the role of the scavenger?
to eat the organisms that have already died
What is the process of growing plants without soil?
Hydroponics
Nearly all the energy of life starts with the ___.
Sun
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and other animals to meet its energy needs
How do producers make food?
Photosynthesis
True or False: If an ecosystem is disrupted, it is destroyed.
False. Ecosystems are continually being disrupted and restabilized due to human and natural activity.
An ecosystem includes all of the __ and ______ ___in a given area.
Living and non-living things.
Plants take in __ and release __.
Carbon dioxide; Oxygen
A lion is an _____.
Apex Predator
Which animal has the fastest metabolism of all animals?
The hummingbird.
Decomposers
An ecosystem is contained in a ___-____ area.
Well-defined
Some energy from plants is used by producers to live. The rest of the energy is stored in _______.
The plant
What is an herbivore?
An animal that eats plants to meet its energy needs.
The transformation of sunlight into the chemical energy of glucose takes place in which part of the plant?
The leaves.
Explain the difference between a food chain and a food web.
A food chain shows the order in which energy and matter flow through a series of organisms, and a food web shows how all the organisms are interrelated.
A fire is an example of a natural event that causes an ecosystem ______.
Disruption