Food
Relationships in ecosystems
Vocabulary
Food 2
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Another name for a complex carbohydrate is...

Starch

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And organism that only eats plants

herbivore 

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Organism that uses sunlight + CO2 + H20 to make energy for growth and building materials 

Producers 

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Short term energy

sugar

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Factors in an environment that are living

Biotic factors

200

micronutrients are known as __________ and ____________ .

vitamines and minerals

200

An organism that hunts for its food

predator

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This diagram shows multiple food relationships/energy flows in an ecosystem

Food Web

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Name 3 macronutrients

protein, fat, carbohydrates

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Non- living factors in an environment

Abiotic factors

300

What are 2 things food does for the body?

Gives us energy and building materials

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An animal that is hunted and eaten by predators

prey

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Grass --> Deer ---> Coyote

The Grass and Coyote have this type of relationship...

Indirect

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These type of food stores energy

fat

300

the study of living things

Biology

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What type of food gives us building materials?

Protein

400

An organism that get its energy from only eating meat

Carnivore

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Data that uses numbers

Quantitative data

400

what is it called when a plant makes its own food 

photosynthesis 

400

What branch of the military was Mrs. Amigo in?

Army

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What are the 3 things something needs to have in it to be considered food?

Fat, protein or Carbohydrates

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An organism that gets energy for growth from eating organic material such as dead organisms

Decomposer

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A group of the same kind of organism that lives together in a particular area

population

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what is Mrs. Amigos favorite type of food

Pasta with ranch dressing

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How old is Mrs. Amigo?

33

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