Types of Consumers
Photosynthesis
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Food Chain
Solar energy
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Any organism that dose not produce its own food is what?
A Consumer.
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in which organism does photosynthesis happen?
Plants
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What is environmental science?
The study of interactions between living organisms and their environment
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In a food web there are animals, arrows, and labels. What do the arrows show?
Who gives energy to who
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Solar energy is energy from _____.
Sunlight
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Giraffes have long necks that help them reach leaves high up in trees. They get all the energy they need from plants such as this. What type of consumer are giraffes?
herbivore
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The end product(s) of photosynthesis in plants are oxygen plus?
Glucose/sugar
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The Bird has how much energy after consumming the grasshopper?
1% of energy retained
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Describe what would happen if one link of a food chain were to die off.
Gradually all the other parts of the food chain would die off too
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energy that can not be replenished, or restored, in a short period of time
Non-Renewable Resource
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Mushrooms often grow around dead plants such as decomposing trees. They break down these dead organisms and put energy that stores in the plant back into the ground for other plants to use. What type of consumer are mushrooms?
Decomposes
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What type of organisms must obtain their food by consuming other organisms?
Heterotrophs
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What are ecosystems?
Interconnected communities of living organisms and their physical environments
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What travels through a food chain or web?
Energy
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What is active energy?
Active solar heating systems use a substance to collect and transfer the heat in the solar collector. This substance is typically air or a liquid.
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an animal that feeds on flesh.
Carnivore
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Where is the energy used in photosynthesis obtained?
Light Energy
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Which environmental issue refers to the gradual increase in Earth’s average temperature due to human activities?
Climate change
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What is the first level of a food chain called?
Primary Producers
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What's the difference between passive and active energy?
Passive energy can only get energy from the sun and active energy doesn't need the sun, it stores the energy for a cloudy or rainy day.
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an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.
Omnivore
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What are the reactants for photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide and Water
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What is the study of the Earth’s atmosphere, weather patterns, and climate called?
Meteorology
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Describe the difference between a food web and a food chain
Food web = shows an animal eating more than one other organism
Food chain = single line (ie animal eats one organism)
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What are traditional energy resources?
Traditional energy sources are basically sources that come from burning fossil fuels. Traditional energy sources are also coal and oil. All around the world, people use these sources of energy.