Feeding Relationships
Role of Organisms
Photosynthesis
Traits Vocabulary
Inherited, Acquired or Learned?
100
organism
What is any living thing (plant or animal)?
100
the Sun
What is the source of energy for producers?
100
leaves
What is the plant structure where photosynthesis occurs?
100
trait
What is a characteristic or physical feature of an organism?
100
Eye color, hair color, leaf shape, and flower type are all _____.
inherited traits
200
producer
What is an organism that can make its own food?
200
herbivore
What is a consumer that eats only plants?
200
sunlight
What is the energy source used by producers to make their own food?
200
inherit
What is to pass down from parent to offspring?
200
Speaking a language, reading and writing, playing a sport, and table manners are all _____.
learned behaviors
300
consumer
What is an organism that must consume other organisms for energy?
300
carnivore
What is a consumer that eats only meat?
300
carbon dioxide
What is the gas taken in by plants during photosynthesis?
300
offspring
What is the baby (animal) or offshoot (plant) from a parent?
300
Broken bones, scars, a bent stem, and a vine growing on a trellis are all _____.
acquired traits
400
food chain
What is a sequence of organisms in which each one gives energy to the next in the series?
400
omnivore
What is a consumer that eats both plants and animals?
400
water and nutrients
What is absorbed by the plant's roots and required for photosynthesis?
400
learned behavior
What is a behavior that must be taught or acquired through experience?
400
Migration, hibernation, web spinning, and nest building are all _____.
inherited behaviors
500
food web
What is system of interconnecting and interdependent food chains?
500
decomposer
What is a consumer that eats the wastes and/or remains of dead and decaying organisms?
500
sugar and oxygen
What is the food made and gas released by a producer during photosynthesis?
500
instinct
What is an inherited behavior?
500
Inherited behaviors are also called _____.
instincts or reflexes
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