Living and Nonliving Things
What is the study of interactions among living and nonliving things in their environment?
Ecology
What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?
A producer makes its own food. A consumer gets food by feeding on other organisms.
T/F: The flow of energy in a food chain begins with insects.
False. It begins with producers such as plants.
What happens to the water of a puddle when it dries up?
The liquid changes into a gas, or evaporates.
I have 3 cats
I like to read
I have two children
I have only 2 cats
A _______________ is a group of organisms of the same species that lives in the same area.
A) habitat
B) community
C) population
C) population
Are there more producers or first order consumers in a community?
producers.
At each level of the food chain, some energy is used for _______ processes, some is lost as ________, and the rest is ___________ in the organisms.
life
heat
stored
All living things are made up of chemicals that include:
A) Hydrogen
B) Carbon
C) Nitrogen
D) Nuclear waster
Carbon
My favorite color is blue
I love a good wind storm
My dog sneezes a lot
I do not like wind storms even a little bit.
Explain the difference between biotic and abiotic factors.
Biotic factors are living factors.
Abiotic factors are nonliving factors.
All the food chains in a community that are linked together are called ______________________.
A food web
Without __________, there would be no life on Earth.
A) the food chain
B) the sun
C) grass
the sun
IN the Nitrogen cycle, _________ change nitrogen gas from the air into ammonia.
bacteria
I can touch my tongue to my nose
I can cross my eyes
I can wiggle my ears
I cannot wiggle my ears
What species creates the most pollution that affect the ecosystems?
Humans
What are?
* herbivores
* carnivores
* omnivores
Herbivores eat only plants
Carnivores eat only animals
Omnivores eat both plants and animals.
All organisms need _____________ to live.
Energy
T/F: Oxygen and nitrogen are cycled through the environment by the processes of respiration and photosynthesis.
False. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide are.
I'd rather be outside than inside
I like chocolate better than candy
I wake up in the morning raring to go
I don't wake up raring to go. It takes me a bit to wake up.
What are the levels of classification of animals that are slowly dying off?
Threatened
Endangered
Extinct
Suppose that a high-level consumer, such as a lion, dies but is not eaten by another animal. Does the food chain stop there?
No, because decomposers continue the food chain by feeding on the dead animal.
How does the amount of energy available to a population affect the size of the population?
Moving up the food chain, less and less energy is available to the consumers; therefore, it supports a smaller and smaller population of consumers.
What are the four main substances that cycle through ecosystems?
water, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen
My middle name is Marie
My gradmothers name was Sophie
My sisters name is Molly
My grandmother's name was Stella