Lesson 1
Where do plants and trees get their source of energy from?
The sun
Which type of animal is the one that is hunted?
Prey
Is an earthquake an example of a fast, or slow change in an ecosystem?
Fast
What is one of the three broad way that humans change the ecosystem?
pollution, bringing new plants/animals into an ecosystem, or hunt and fish too much
What did people bring the garlic-mustard plant to the United States for?
What is the process called when a plant uses sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make energy?
Photosynthesis
Alligator vs. Fish. Which is the predator?
Alligator
What type of bark would be most likely to help a tree survive a forest fire?
Thick Bark
What are the three broad categories that pollution can affect. Hint:(the first letter of the three are a,w,l)
Air, Water, Land
The shortest food chains consist of which two things? (hint: producer, decomposer, consumer)
Producer and Decomposer
What is the green substance that called that causes plants to be green?
Clorophyll
The shortest food chain has two things only, what two things are they?
Producer and Decomposer
Lichens breaking down a rock over thousands of years into soil is an example of what kind of change to an ecosystem? (what speed)
Slow Change
A plant or animal that does not grow naturally in an ecosystem is a
Nonnative Species
A food chain, and a food web both begin with something... What is it? (hint: consumer, producer, or decomposer)
A producer
The process by which cells break down sugar to release energy is called
Cellular Respiration
A mushroom is an example of what type of organism?
Decomposer
A "swarm"
Nonnative animal populations can grow fast in a new ecosystem because...
predators in the ecosystem are not used to hunting them
Fishing and hunting licenses are examples of what?
Regulations
During Cellular Respiration, Organisms give off Energy, Water, and what?
Carbon Dioxide
A diagram that shows how multiple food chains interact is called what
Food Web
How do plants help keep the air clean?
Through Photosynthesis - Carbon dioxide in, pure oxygen out
What country did the Zebra mussel come from to the United States?
Russia
About how many years does it take for a water bottle to decompose?
About 1,000 years