5th grade Vocabulary
The materials needed by plants to grow coming from carbon dioxide and water
Photosynthesis
Gas released by plants during photosynthesis
Oxygen
Where do producers get energy from during photosynthesis
The sun
Positively charged particles (pieces) in the nucleus (inside) of an atom.
Protons
A tiny, negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus of an atom. Is in the external cloud
Electron
Substances required by plants to make food during photosynthesis (oxygen, carbon and hydrogen)
Essential Nutrients
An organism that feeds on plants to get energy
Herbivore
Where do consumers get their energy from?
eating plants or animals
A subatomic particle (piece of particle) that has no charge (aka- neutral charge) and that is found in the nucleus (inside) of an atom
Neutron
The smallest unit of an element. Each atom maintains certain properties of that element.
Atom
Substances that help plants grow, usually taken by plants from the soil (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium)
Mineral Nutrients
An organism that feeds on meat or other animals to get energy
Carnivore
An orgnaism that breaks down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil
Decomposer
A pure substance that consists entirely of one type of atom.
Element
The number of protons (positive charged pieces) in the nucleus of an atom of an element.
Atomic number
Gas taken in by plants for photosynthesis that includes Carbon and oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
A method of growing plants in water with added nutrients rather then in soil
Hydroponics
What are substances needed by organisms to survive and grow?
Nutrients
The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus.
Atomic Mass
A chart of all chemical elements currently known, organized by their properties
Periodic Table
What does coprophilous fungi rely on for survival?
Animal Waste
What do Omnivores feed on to get energy?
Plants and animals
Give an example of a decomposer
Fungi, earthworm or bacteria
Horizontal rows on the periodic table
Period
Vertical columns on the periodic table
Group