Ecosystems
An extremely cold desert.
What is a Tundra?
To return something back to it's original state.
What is Restoration? (res-tor-A-shun)
All of the energy in an ecosystem can be traced back to this thing.
What is the Sun?
This type of organism makes their own food.
What are Producers?
A diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
Characterized by plenty of sand, extreme heat, and reptiles.
What is desert?
This animal destroyed the young trees in Yellowstone National park by eating their leaves and stepping on them.
What are elk?
These types of organisms can release energy for growth and movement.
What are plants and animals?
An organism that must eat another organism to stay alive.
What is a consumer?
The ability to make things move or change.
What is energy?
A hot and moist ecosystem with lots of trees and different types of animals.
What is a Rainforest?
The plant-life that was destroyed in the restoration case study.
What are Aspen trees?
The first organism to pass on energy in an ecosystem.
What is a plant?
This type of consumer only eats meat.
What are carnivores?
something scientists make to answer questions about the real world
What is a model?
This ecosystem makes up about 71% of Earths surface.
What is an aquatic ecosystem?
This was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park to improve the balance of the ecosystem.
What are wolves?
This process occurs when plants take in water and carbon dioxide by using sunlight for energy.
What is Photosynthesis?
This type of consumer only eats plants.
What is an herbivore?
something taken in by plants and animals that helps them grow
What are nutrients?
An ecosystem found in Wyoming that is home to wolves, aspen trees, and many elk.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
A hot spring located in Yellowstone National park that shoots water and steam into the air.
What is a Geyser? (guy-zer)
This organism takes in non-living matter and changes it into body matter using energy from the sun.
What is a plant?
This type of consumer eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
an organism that breaks down wastes or dead organisms for nutrients.
What is a decomposer?