Energy Flow
What role provides energy for plants
The Sun
What is a producer
Organisms like plants that use sunlight to make their own food.
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Does having too many/too little of an animal affect other animals?
Yes
List 3 things that a plant needs to grow.
Sunlight, Water and Air (For each one stated correctly add 100)
What organism captures energy from the sun?
A plant
What are fungi in an ecosystem?
The decomposers
State one example of matter.
Nutrients (if guessed the same as one shown double it)
Fill in the blank. Each organism relays on ________ to survive.
Another
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What happens if there was no sun?
The food chain will die out
What is a decomposer?
Organisms that recycle dead matter
If a plant doesn't have its needs, does it affect the cycle?
Yes
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What is sunlight for?
Energy for food
Sun > Grass > Rabbit > Fox
In the food chain what is a rabbit
A. Producer
B. Apex predator
C. Primary Consumer
D. Secondary consumer
C. Primary Consumer
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Why are decomposers important to ecosystems
The recycle dead organisms for nutrients for plants.
What will happen if one animal decreased in population?
This affects the organisms that eat that animal
Is soil a priority?
No
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Why are decomposers important to the ecosystem? Like earthworms
They recycle dead organisms back into the soil for plants again
How does matter cycle in an ecosystem.
Matter cycles as plants take nutrients from soil, then animals eat plants and the decomposers break down the dead plants and animals, returning it back to the soil
What will happen if one animal increased in population?
This affects the organisms that are eaten by that animal
What is water for?
Growth and transporting nutrients