Plant Power
The part of the plant that anchors it into the ground
What are the roots?
The ultimate source of energy for ecosystems?
What is the sun?
A group of different species living together
What is a community?
The variety of life in an ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
Energy source for photosynthesis
What is light energy?
The three "nutrients" often found in fertilizer that plants need to grow
What are nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium (NPK)?
The trophic level of organism that makes its own food
What is a producer?
What is mutualism?
A species that is not native to an environment and harms the ecosystem
What is an invasive species?
The two main inputs (reactants) of photosynthesis?
What are CO2 and Water?
The cells that control gas exchange in a plant
What are Guard cells?
A name for the kind of organism eats plants
What is an Herbivore or Primary consumer?
A symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and one is harmed
What is parasitism?
A word for cutting down large areas of forest
What is deforestation?
The gas that plants release after performing photosynthesis
What is oxygen?
The part of a plant carries water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves
What is the Xylem
The amount of energy that passes from one trophic level to the next
What is 10%?
An organism's role, or "job" in an ecosystem
What is a niche?
A species that has completely disappeared from earth
What is extinct?
The pigment in plant leaves captures sunlight for photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll?
This part of the plant is the ovaries
What is the fruit?
The type of organism that breaks down other dead organisms to recycle its nutrients.
What is a decomposer?
A species that has a large effect on its ecosystem
What is a keystone species?
The type of service involved in botanical gardens or nature trails
What are cultural services
The part of the plant containing the most chloroplasts
What are the leaves?