Producer
Consumer
or Decomposer
Consumer
or Decomposer
Mushrooms growing on a decaying deer carcass
Decomposer
Organisms that eat producers, like grasshoppers or cows
primary consumers
Name the missing animal in this food chain
grass-________- Fox
Rabbit
When most animals or plants die, they are eaten by another animal or they decay. Sometimes an organism will die and be quickly covered by this substance.
Sediment
True or false only animals can become fossils
false, plants can become fossilized
This animal of the Savannah developed a long neck over time to reach the highest, leaves in trees
A Giraffe
Some flowers were cut off the stem, taken to a store, cut some more, wrapped in pretty paper and purchased by Mr. Barnum for Mrs. Barnum's birthday. The flowers are
Biotic fadtors
Superman has problems with this space rock
Kryptonite
The mold growing on that sandwich you left in the refrigerator during Spring Break!
Decomposer
True or false
A Primary consumer can only be a herbivore.
False, Omnivores eat both plats and animals
All food chains and webs begin with this abiotic factor
The sun
The sediment can be found on land or here
Under water
A fossil becomes exposed to the Earth's surface by_____ or excavation
Weathering
Learned behaviors in animals are acquired by
Experience
A dead log in a pond
Biotic
The fake metal in Wolverine's claws
Adamantium
The veggies you didn't eat for dinner last night.
Producers
A snake or lion
Secondary Consumers
Within different tropic does energy flow up or down?
Up
By studying fossils scientst can determine
1. How and where they lived
2. What they ate
and 3.
The Earth's enviornment
A Wolf's tooth fossil would be found here
mountain area
Carnivores have sharp teeth for tearing into meat while herbivores have
flat teeth for grinding plants
The rocks found in the bottom of an aquarium are
Abiotic factor
Vibranium is originally found in this fictional African country
Wakanda
DAILY DOUBLE; A pig produces pork, chickens produce eggs and cows produce milk. They are all
Consumers
A grasshopper eats grass, a frog eats the grasshopper, a snake eats the frog, an owl eats the snake.In this example, the frog is
a secondary consumer
This travels through both a food chain and food web
Energy
A _________ is a scientist thst studies fossils
Paleontologist
A Shell would be found in or around
Ocean (water)
Turtle hatchlings make start to make their way back to sea without being guided. This is an example of an
instinctual behavioral trait
DAILY DOUBLE: Mrs. Suggs-Lee buried her cat Sabbath, in a pet cementary. Sabbath showed up at her house alive, but still a little decomposed. The zombie cat is
Biotic factor
In the show "Steven Universe" these flawless abiotic gemstones are the rulers of Homeworld.
Diamonds (Diamond Authority)
Decomposers are important because they ( NAME the TWO things they do)
break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients into the soil
What is the first level of a food web called (what organisms are located there?)
Primary producers
If one link in a food chain were to die off, then eventually
Other parts of the chain would die off too
Fossils are the remains or traces of animals and plants which lived how long ago ( specific time)
Thousands, (or more, millions-billions) of years ago
Daily Double:A fossil of a fern leaf would be found
A Forest area
Both beavers and ducks have this type of feet to help them survive in their liquid environments.
Webbed feet.
A dead squirrel in the street aka roadkill.
Biotic factor
In the show" Stranger Things" Vecna stays in a dark, shadowy place the kids call
The Upside Down
Peanuts, Popcorn, Cornuts and Almonds
producers
Which statement is true?
a) Humans are producers, because they produce food in factories and omnivores because they eat plants and animals.
b) Humans are omnivores because they can eat plants and animals and consumers because they can't make their own food.
B
DAILY DOUBLE:What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
a food web is a direct line, animal eating one specific thing versus a web where they can eat more than one organism.
A fossil that has been turned into stone through permineralization ( the organic materials hardened and replaced by minerals)
Petrified Fossil
Unilike other types of fossils, trace fossils
Are a footprint, trail or burrow of an animal, not the animal itself
A falcons sharp hooked beak and curved claws are most likely adaptations for
Hunting (killing prey,
Wind, temperature, light and water
Abiotic factors
This movie, starring Timothy Chalamet and Zendaya takes place on the arid, dry, sandy planet of Arrakis, also known as
Dune
A Venus Flytrap (Think about it)
Consumer
What tropic would humans be in a food chain/ pyramid?
The top tropic with Tertiary consumers
DAILY DOUBLE: Do all species eat the same diet in all ecosystems? For example, are Black Bears and Polar Bears both strictly carnivores? Be prepared to defend your claim
No /false. It depends on their habitat. Black bears are omnivores, they eat berries and meat. Polar bears are strictly carnivores.
DAILY DOUBLE: Packed sediment turns into stone as the organism decays leaving a _________ blank of it's shape in the stone
A mold
Perserved fossils are made when animals get stuck in a a sticky substance called Resin. The resin hardens into a rock called _______ and the animal is persered
Amber
A blue Heron has, long legs, a long neck, a sharp pointed beak, and long feathers on it's lower neck.Which one of these adaptations is probably the least important for it's survival
Long feathers on it's lower neck
How does photosynthesis connect biotic and abiotic elements in an ecosystem?
A) Plants convert sunlight into energy
B) Animals use sunlight to warm thier bodies
A)
Superman get's his strength and from this source found in our solar system. When blocked from it he becomes as vulnerable as a normal human being.
Our sun (yellow sun)