Plant Materials and Growth
This is where plants get most of the materials they need to grow. Name All
What is mainly from air, water, and the sun?
This goes in a cycle through an ecosystem.
matter
Organisms that make their own food.
producers
First-level plant eater.
primary consumer
Ultimate source of ecosystem energy.
Sun
This gas do plants take in from the air during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide?
Organisms that break down dead things.
decomposers
Animals that eat only plants.
herbivores
Example of primary consumer.
example: Rabbit
Process plants use sunlight for.
photosynthesis
Plant part that absorbs water from soil.
roots
Where nutrients go after decomposition.
soil
Animals that eat other animals.
carnivores
Eats primary consumers.
secondary consumer
Energy does this moving up food chains.
decreases
Green substance in leaves that captures sunlight.
What is chlorophyll?
Animals get matter by doing this
eating
Animals that eat plants and animals.
omnivores
Snake that eats mice
secondary consumer
Multiple food chains connected.
food web
Sugar plants make during photosynthesis.
glucose
Matter is never created or _____.
destroyed
Top predator in a food chain.
Apex Predator
Hawk that eats snakes.
tertiary consumer
Gas released by plants during photosynthesis.
oxygen